Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Eagles
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1995PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder1 and of armed robbery. Represented by new counsel on appeal, he argues error in the denial of his motion to suppress and in the jury instructions on malice, mental impairment, and felony-murder. He also argues that we should abolish the felony-murder doctrine. In the alternative, the defendant urges that we exercise our authority under G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1992 ed.), to reduce the murder verdict to murder in the second degree. We reject the defendant’s arguments, and we also…
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