Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Glass
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 9, 1988PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
Shortly after midnight on July 24, 1983, the defendant, a United States Marine who had just completed basic training, stabbed four recent immigrants from Vietnam in front of or in their three-decker house at 35 Coleman Street in the Dorchester section of Boston. This much is not in serious dispute before us. The defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree of the one victim who died. As to the surviving victims, he was convicted on three indictments charging assault with intent to murder while armed and on three indictments charging assault and battery by means of a…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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