Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murphy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 19, 2004PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury on an indictment charging two counts of murder in the first degree, each based on felony-murder, deliberate premeditation, and extreme atrocity or cruelty. He was also convicted of armed assault in a dwelling.1 The defendant appeals from his convictions, as well as from the denial of his motion for a new trial. He raises numerous issues. He claims that (1) his motion to suppress his statements made at the Lynn police station should have been allowed because (a) he was subjected to a custodial interrogation before he was given the Miranda warnings and (b)…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VerdeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Sleeper v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Commonwealth v. KirwanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- In re HilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. ConstantinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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