Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Goldenberg

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 29, 1943PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

The assignment of error in this case is based upon the refusal of the judge to direct a verdict of not guilty at the trial of an indictment charging the defendant with the murder of Sophie Robart, which resulted in the conviction of the defendant of murder in the second degree.

It is undisputed that Mrs. Robart was murdered at about 9:30 o’clock on the evening of August 30, 1942, while she sat in the front seat of the defendant’s automobile while it was parked in a road in Franklin Park, in Boston. The sole issue at the trial was whether she was killed by the defendant.

The defendant’s version…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  2. Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  3. Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  4. Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  5. Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. AmazeenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. SalemmeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. McInerneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. GricusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944

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