Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stokes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 9, 1978PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant Frank P. Stokes was indicted for the murder in the second degree of Joseph Baskerville. At trial, Stokes admitted that he had killed the victim but claimed that he had acted in self-defense. The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and the judge imposed the statutory sentence of life imprisonment. The defendant appealed under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, challenging the admission of photographs and the propriety of the judge’s charge. The Appeals Court affirmed the judgment on June 25, 1976. Commonwealth v. Stokes, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 822 (1976). On April 27,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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3Cited by126 opinions
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