Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 2)
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 22, 1975No. 2PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant (MacDonald) appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his conviction of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. He is the same MacDonald whose convictions of murder in the first degree and assault and battery have been upheld today by our decision in Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1), ante, 395 (1975). The crime which is the subject of this appeal occurred a few hours before the shootings described in our first MacDonald opinion. However, the trial of this case followed the trial in that case (the murder trial). Some of the witnesses at this trial, including…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Roberts v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. LabbeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. EdgerlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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