Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Alicea
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 12, 2013PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In January, 2004, a Superior Court jury found the defendant, Juan Pablo Alicea, guilty of murder in the first degree of Hylas Strange, III, based on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty,1 and assault and battery of Larisa Andujar by means of a dangerous weapon.2 The charges concerned a shooting on the outdoor stairs of an apartment building that resulted in the death of Strange and a gunshot wound to Andujar. The defendant appeals from his convictions and from the trial judge’s denial of his motion for a new trial. He argues that the judge erroneously accepted the assertion by a witness of…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Patton v. YountSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McGeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. SeinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
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