Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harris
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 24, 1978PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
These are the defendant’s appeals, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his convictions on two indictments returned against him by the grand jury for Suffolk County on May 17,1974, for crimes allegedly committed on March 22,1974, in Boston. The first indictment charges the defendant with the murder of Mack Clark (Clark), and the second with an assault on Donald V. Haynes (Haynes) with intent to murder him, the defendant being armed at the time with a dangerous weapon, a handgun. The jury returned verdicts of guilty on both indictments, the murder conviction being in the second degree.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by51 opinions
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