Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stone
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 12, 1974PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Dominic R. Cammarata in Canton on June 26, 1967, and following a trial was found guilty of murder in the first degree without a recommendation. The sentence of death was imposed on January 31,1969. The trial judge reported the case under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, § 30, and on May 13, 1974, the single justice allowed full and direct appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.
The facts which a jury could have found are simply stated. Eleanor Cammarata, the wife of the victim, and her friend, Sandra Taylor, conceived the idea of murdering the victim,…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by102 opinions
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