Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Christian
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 14, 2000PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
The defendant, Frederick Christian, was convicted on two indictments charging murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder, G. L. c. 265, § l.1 The jury found that he was a joint venturer with another individual, Russell Horton, in an armed robbery that served as the predicate felony for his murder convictions. The jury also convicted the defendant of assault. The judge had allowed, in part, a motion for a required finding of not guilty on the indictment charging assault with intent to murder, and reduced the charge to assault. The defendant was sentenced to two concurrent terms of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Horton v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Commonwealth v. PurdyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. TevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. PauldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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