Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Callahan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 20, 1982PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on December 21, 1976. After an appeal, we reversed the conviction, holding that the trial judge’s instruction on malice was fatally defective. Commonwealth v. Callahan, 380 Mass. 821 (1980). Following the appointment of new counsel, a second trial commenced on June 18, 1981, and the defendant was again convicted of murder in the first degree. He appeals, arguing that the judge erred in (1) admitting the defendant’s statements made in the course of a court ordered psychiatric examination; (2) improperly limiting the defendant’s expert…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Blaisdell v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. LambMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WestmorelandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. BenoitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. LouraineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. StreetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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