Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 8, 1987PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant’s conviction of murder in the first degree was affirmed by this court. See Commonwealth v. Johnson, 379 Mass. 177 (1979). After our decision in Commonwealth v. Brown, 392 Mass. 632 (1984), the defendant sought a new trial on the conviction of murder in the first degree on the ground that, as in the Brown case, the judge’s instructions were flawed on the issue of the degree of murder. The motion judge denied the motion for a new trial without a hearing. A single justice granted the defendant leave to appeal. See G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1984 ed.). We affirm the order denying the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Murch v. MottramSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. PisaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. ClaudioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. EaglesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. PauldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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