Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ortiz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 8, 2002PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
On September 18, 1998, a jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of the 1984 murder in the first degree (on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty) of Bemette McLaurin and assault with intent to rape Zindy Gomez. McLaurin and Gomez resided in an apartment building located next to a fruit store operated by the defendant. The defendant fled after the murder and was apprehended and arrested in July, 1995, in Puerto Rico.
The defendant argues error in (1) the denial of his motions to suppress physical evidence seized at the murder scene and his…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DurandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. DeJesusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. EntwistleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. CarriereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. TolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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