Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Morrissey

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 4, 1967PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpiegel, J.

The defendant was tried on two indictments, one charging him with manslaughter and the other with unlawfully carrying a firearm. The jury returned verdicts of guilty on both indictments. The defendant was sentenced to serve concurrent terms of from seven to ten years on the manslaughter indictment and from two and one-half to three years on the other indictment. He has appealed under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. The case is here on a summary of the record, a transcript of the evidence, and assignments of error.

The material evidence consisted of testimony of one Cap-pellano, a…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LePageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. SeayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. WilburMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986

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