Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Simmons
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 8, 1995PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, he argues that there should be a new trial because the judge erred in (1) admitting in evidence photographs, showing the crime scene and the victim, and a videotape of the crime scene; (2) qualifying a chemist from the Department of Public Safety as an expert on blood pattern analysis; (3) denying a motion for a mistrial based on improper remarks in the prosecutor’s final argument; and (4) failing to instruct the jury on the issue of consciousness of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. MerolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. BysMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SchnoppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AndradeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. TranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. AllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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