Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cordeiro
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 10, 1988PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
After a trial in the Superior Court, separate from the trial of codefendants Joseph Vieira and Daniel Silvia, ante 828 (1988), the defendants, John Cordeiro and Victor Raposo, were found guilty of aggravated rape. G. L. c. 265, § 22 (a) (1986 ed.). 2 Each was sentenced to a term of from nine to twelve years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. They appeal from their convictions and from the denial of their motions for a new trial. We transferred the cases here on our own motion and we affirm.
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- State v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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