Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Breese
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 21, 1983PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
Glen J. Breese was convicted of murder in the first degree on February 1, 1979, after being tried on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. We affirmed the conviction in a decision rendered June 26, 1980. See Commonwealth v. Breese, 381 Mass. 13 (1980). Breese now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, filed after rescript. See G. L. c. 278, § 33E. He argues that the trial judge erred in instructing the jury that they should not consider evidence of the defendant’s intoxication in determining whether the murder was committed with extreme atrocity…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BloodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. PaszkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RembiszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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