Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Montecalvo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 21, 1975PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The defendant appeals, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the second degree on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. We affirm.
The evidence pertinent to the issues is as follows: On February 16, 1973, sometime after 4 p.m., a first floor tenant at 124 Walnut Street, Chelseá, heard moaning sounds coming from the direction of the cellar. Accompanied by her husband, who had taken a flashlight, the tenant went to the cellar where she observed a boy lying naked, face down, on the floor. She immediately went upstairs and told her landlady, who…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by106 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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