Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rojas
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 5, 1983PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant’s appeal from his conviction of murder in the first degree challenges only the judge’s denial of his motion for a required finding of not guilty presented at the close of the Commonwealth’s case. As will be apparent from the facts, the jury would have been warranted in finding beyond a reasonable doubt that whoever killed the victim did so with deliberate premeditation, with malice aforethought, and in the commission of the felony of armed robbery. The defendant’s argument is that the circumstantial evidence did not warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BeckettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BaschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SalemmeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. MerolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. LanoueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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