Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ellis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 9, 2016No. SJC 11993PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, C.J.
On September 14, 1995, a Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and armed robbery in the killing of Boston police Detective John Mulligan. In 2000, we affirmed the defendant’s convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial. Commonwealth v. Ellis, 432 Mass. 746, 765 (2000). In 2013, the defendant filed a second motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence regarding the victim’s participation in crimes of police corruption with several Boston police detectives who investigated his murder, and information provided to the police…
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- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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