Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Crawford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 21, 1994PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant, Michael L. Crawford, was tried before a jury in the Superior Court on two indictments charging him with murder in the first degree in connection with the killing of his girl friend and their unborn child. The jury found the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter as to each death, and he was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction. On appeal, the defendant argues that the judge should not have admitted in evidence hearsay statements by the couple’s child as spontaneous utterances, and, even if properly…
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