Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DiPadova
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 22, 2011No. SJC-10743PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree in the death of Nancy Caxignan, his former landlady, on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The primary defense at trial was that the defendant lacked criminal responsibility for his actions because, at the time of the murder, he was suffering from auditory hallucinations commanding him to kill the victim. In his direct appeal, the defendant asserts that two errors at trial created a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice and necessitate reversal. First, he argues that the judge instructed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. NardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. McCowenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. LengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Sparrow v. DemonicoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. ColtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
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