Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Imbert

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 18, 2018No. SJC 10222PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBudd, J.

*339 **576 In the early morning hours of April 3, 2004, Vaughn Skinner, Jr., was shot and killed. The defendant, Ludner Imbert, was identified as the shooter and convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, as well as armed assault with intent to murder 1 and carrying a firearm without a license.

In this consolidated appeal, the defendant argues that several errors at trial require a reversal of his convictions and that the trial record is insufficient to permit adequate and effective appellate review. He also claims that his motion for a new trial based on the Commonwealth's failure to…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Old Chief v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Michigan v. BryantSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  5. Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WardsworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  2. Commonwealth v. HobbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  3. Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  4. Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  5. Commonwealth v. DeconinckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018

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