Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wallis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 18, 2003PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
On March 2, 2000, the defendant, Robert Wallis, fatally stabbed his former girl friend. A Superior Court jury convicted him of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. They acquitted him of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony. Represented by new counsel, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied without an evidentiary hearing by the trial judge. The defendant now appeals from the jury verdict and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. As to the trial, he challenges several jury…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DegroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. LoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RobertsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. BurgosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. BuckmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. RileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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