Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 19, 1983PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant, Dominic Williams, was convicted by a Suffolk County jury of murder in the first degree and armed robbery. The judge sentenced the defendant to the mandatory term of life imprisonment on the murder conviction and to a concurrent term of twenty to forty years on the armed robbery conviction. The defendant appeals the convictions, challenging as error the trial judge’s admission of certain statements made by the defendant to the police, and the judge’s instruction to the jury on the issue of the voluntariness of the defendant’s statements. The defendant also seeks relief pursuant…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. MandileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. EdwardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. LarkinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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