Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 19, 1971PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the first degree of Delores Dumas on November 16, 1969. The jury recommended the death penalty be not imposed.
The evidence pertinent to the issues is summarized. On the evening of November 15, 1969, the defendant while in a Salem café was introduced to the victim Delores Dumas by one Henrietta MacNeill. Several other witnesses saw the defendant and Mrs. Dumas together on the evening of November 15 and the early hours of November 16. Mrs. Joan Collins, who lived on the second floor beneath Mrs. Dumas’s…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Stanford v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by65 opinions
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