Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nunes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1999PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty, the defendant, Emery Nunes, appeals. The defendant asserts that the judge erred in admitting a statement of the deceased as a spontaneous utterance. He also asserts that the judge’s instructions created a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice. Finally, he contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. The defendant asks that we use our power pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce the verdict to voluntary manslaughter. We affirm the convictions.1 We decline to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. WheltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. CoonanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. MarshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. ArroyoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. BurgessMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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