Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Deeran
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 26, 1973PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
The defendant was tried on indictments charging murder in the first degree of one Joseph Langone, and unlawfully carrying a firearm. Upon a first trial the jury were unable to agree and a mistrial resulted. At the second trial the defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree and also of the firearm violation. The trial was subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33H. The case is here on the defendant’s appeals and three assignments of error.
There was evidence that on the evening of September 30, 1970, the defendant went to Santarpio’s restaurant and bar in East Boston, that he appeared…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. DeeranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. HarmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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