Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bjorkman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 14, 1973PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole for the term of his natural life. The defendant appeals pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and argues fourteen of thirty-eight assignments of error.
The pertinent evidence is summarized. On May 28, 1970, the partly clothed body of one Ernest M. Hunt was discovered' in his Boston apartment by the landlord. In response to the landlord’s call three Boston policemen and a police physician came to the apartment…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. BumpusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. D'AGOSTINOMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Commonwealth v. GiacomazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. LanoueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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