Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LeBlanc
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 20, 2001PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant on two indictments charging murder in the first degree, for the bludgeoning deaths of two young women. The defendant appeals from his convictions, claiming that his statement to the police in which he confessed to the murders was involuntary due to his extreme emotional disturbance at the time, and so should have been suppressed. The defendant also asks that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce his convictions to a lesser degree of guilt, or to grant him a new trial, because the evidence at trial showed that he was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. SelbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. PaszkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by34 opinions
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