Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 19, 2002PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
Following a jury trial, Rolando Rodriguez was convicted of murdering the operator of a small convenience store during the course of a robbery. In addition to this conviction of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder, he was also convicted of the underlying felony of armed robbery.1 Rodriguez appeals from his conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.
At trial Rodriguez contended that he lacked the specific intent to kill or rob because of his ingestion of drugs and alcohol just prior to the murder. On appeal he claims that (1) the judge’s instructions to the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. WaiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AvilaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. TrinhMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. BurgosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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