Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Porter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 8, 1981PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant was tried in 1980 on two indictments for murder in the first degree of Christine Ricketts and Andrea Foye. A Suffolk County jury convicted Porter of murder in the first degree on both indictments. The defendant claims error and appeals. Specifically, the defendant appeals the denial of his motion for a required finding of not guilty, made at the close of the Commonwealth’s case. In addition he challenges portions of the trial judge’s instructions to the jury and two evidentiary rulings. We affirm the convictions. We conclude further that there is no reason to exercise our power…
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