Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harrison
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 16, 1961PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemobe, J.
The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree of his wife, Mary Harrison, without recommendation by the jury that the sentence of death be not imposed. G. L. c. 265, § 2. A death sentence was imposed and execution of the sentence was stayed. The defendant filed a claim of appeal under G. L. c. 278, § 33B, with twenty-five assignments of error, of which the eighth, twenty-third, and twenty-fourth are waived.
There was evidence to show the following: The defendant and his wife were living, separately, in Springfield; the wife lived in an apartment with their two daughters (aged…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. ChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. GeaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. GricusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Department of Youth Services v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. DominicoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1974
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