Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1970PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendant was tried on an indictment charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree allegedly committed on July 29, 1965. He was found guilty by a jury in March, 1966. The jury did not recommend that the sentence of death be not imposed. G. L. c. 265, § 2. On appeal this court reversed the conviction on January 4, 1968, in Commonwealth v. Smith, 353 Mass. 487. The reversal was not for any legal error in the trial, but because of this court’s reconsideration and restatement of the law of insanity as affecting criminal responsibility in Commonwealth v. McHoul, 352 Mass. 544,…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Crocker v. Justices of the Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by81 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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