Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Van Winkle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 7, 2005PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In 1994, a Norfolk County jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on theories of felony-murder and deliberate premeditation and of the armed robbery of Israel Espino. He also was convicted of two charges each of armed assault with intent to murder, armed assault with intent to rob, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon of Frank Espino and Juan Guerra. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his murder conviction. The judge also imposed concurrent sentences for all the other crimes, except for the two charges of armed assault…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by11 opinions
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