Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 5, 1981PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
This is a murder for hire case. The defense was alibi. A Worcester County jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on May 26, 1977. He appeals from the conviction under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.
The defendant argues that the trial judge committed reversible error by his jury instructions on malice, his refusal to include a charge on involuntary manslaughter, his denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and his misapplication of the plain view doctrine in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress a gun seized from his home. We consider each of these claims of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by46 opinions
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