Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Andrews
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 14, 1998PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on grounds of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The jury also convicted the defendant of unlawful possession of a firearm, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a) (6). The defendant has appealed from the convictions claiming that (1) identification evidence should have been suppressed; (2) his motions for a required finding of not guilty of murder in the first degree should have been allowed; (3) he did not receive effective assistance from his trial counsel; (4) certain comments by the prosecutor during…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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