Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gunter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 19, 2011No. SJC-10733PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder, G. L. c. 265, § 1; armed assault in a dwelling with intent to commit a felony, G. L. c. 265, § 18A; and illegal possession of a firearm, G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a). We affirmed the murder and firearm convictions but vacated the armed assault in a dwelling conviction for the reason that, as the predicate felony supporting the felony-murder conviction, it was duplicative. Commonwealth v. Gunter, 427 Mass. 259, 260-261, 275-276 (1998). We describe in some detail below the course that the case has traveled since…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Adelson v. DiPaolaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Gunter v. MaloneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Lee v. CorsiniCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Costa v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Commonwealth v. DurandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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