Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Housen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 20, 2011PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of joint venture felony-murder and of the predicate felony, attempted armed robbery. The latter conviction was placed on file and is not before us on appeal. The defendant argues that he is entitled to a new trial, because (1) there was insufficient evidence of principal liability and the jury did not specify whether they found the defendant guilty as a principal or as a joint venturer; (2) the Commonwealth violated the defendant’s due process rights by arguing contradictory theories of principal liability at the separate…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. HanrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. MarreroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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