Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rivera
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 7, 2005PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder. The predicate felony was the defendant’s attempted commission of armed robbery while masked. See G. L. c. 265, § 17. He also was convicted of armed assault with intent to rob and unlawful possession of a firearm. The defendant appeals from these convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.
The murder took place during an attempted armed robbery of a convenience store clerk1 and was recorded, with both audio and video components, by three surveillance cameras. The victim,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Maryland v. MacOnSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Bartnicki v. VopperSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Glik v. CunniffeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
- Commonwealth v. AugustineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Sheehan v. WeaverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. TassinariMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. BoyarskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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