Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Freeman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 15, 2004PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, James Freeman, HI, of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and felony-murder.1 His appeal, originally entered in this court in February, 2000, has been delayed by the defendant’s change of counsel and by his filing in this court in 2002 a motion for a new trial, which we remanded to Superior Court, where it was denied. The defendant’s direct appeal and the appeal from the denial of his motion for a new trial have been consolidated.
On appeal, the defendant claims that: (1) there was insufficient evidence of joint…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by22 opinions
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