Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ashman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 9, 2000PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant, Denton A. Ashman, was convicted of murder in the first degree, based on both deliberate pre*737meditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. We affirm the conviction and decline to exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce the murder verdict to second degree or to order a new trial.
The jury could have found the following facts. The body of Christine Henry was discovered on the evening of October 13, 1996, lying in a pool of blood on the sidewalk of Norwell Street in the Dorchester section of Boston. The cause of death was multiple stab wounds from a single knife with a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. BookerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. TrappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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