Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Foxworth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 12, 2015No. SJC 10993PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.

The defendant was convicted of deliberately premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder. On appeal he challenges (1) the denial of his motion to suppress statements he made to a jailhouse informant whom he alleged to be an agent of the Commonwealth; (2) the admission in evidence, allegedly in violation of the spousal disqualification rule, of statements his alleged coconspirator made to the coconspirator’s spouse; (3) the admission in evidence of his prior incarceration; (4) a statement by the prosecutor in closing argument that the defendant contends was improper comment on his right…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Maine v. MoultonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Kuhlmann v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. United States v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
  2. Commonwealth v. WeaverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
  3. State of Iowa v. Justin Alexander MarshallSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
  4. State v. AshbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2020
  5. State v. Jeremy R. AmidonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2018

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