Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 4, 1979PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
Hakim Jamal was shot to death in his Roxbury apartment by armed intruders on May 1, 1973. The defendants, Enfrid Brown, Jr., John Clinkscales, and William J. Johnson, Jr., were apprehended and charged with murder. On August 2,1973, they were convicted by a jury of the crimes of murder in the first degree and of armed burglary. See G. L. c. 265, § 1; G. L. c. 266, § 14. On February 14, 1975, we reversed and remanded the cases for a new trial in light of the judge’s use of an impermissibly coercive version of the so called Tuey charge. Commonwealth v. Brown, 367 Mass. 24, 32 (1975). On July 31,…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Ronald Maynard v. Larry MeachumCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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