Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Venuti
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 27, 1943PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The defendant Venuti has been convicted and sentenced for the murder in the second degree of Antonio Porno on November 15, 1941. Venuti was indicted jointly with one Semenza, one Córtese, and one De Marco; but Córtese was not apprehended, Semenza and De Marco pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and Venuti, hereinafter called the defendant, was tried alone.
The evidence most favorable to the Commonwealth, as developed at the trial, was substantially this: The four original defendants were friends or acquaintances and were accustomed to meet each other in and about a café on Hanover Street in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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