Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Conkey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 2004PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
We address again the prosecution of Craig W. Conkey for the murder in December, 1994, of a woman in Lexington. In 1996, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder. The jury also found him guilty of armed burglary, armed assault in a dwelling, and armed robbery.1 Because we concluded that the admission in evidence that the defendant did not appear at the police station for fingerprinting violated the defendant’s right not to furnish evidence against himself, see art. 12 of the Massachusetts…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Silva-SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. KirwanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. BlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. AhmadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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