Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Doucette
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 25, 1990PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
This is the Commonwealth’s appeal from a judge’s order allowing the defendant’s motion for required findings of not guilty after a jury had found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and unlawfully carrying a firearm in a motor vehicle. We transferred the case from the Appeals Court to this court on our own initiative. The Commonwealth has failed to present an argument within the meaning of Mass. R. A. P. 16 (a) (4), as amended, 367 Mass. 921 (1975), with respect to the indictment for unlaw fully carrying a firearm in a motor vehicle. Therefore, as to that charge, we affirm the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. PaniaquaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. Pring-WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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