Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. O'Toole
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 1950PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The defendants, John E. O’Toole, Junior, and Michael DiMattio, were indicted for being accessories before the fact to the murder of Eugene P. Irwin, Junior, at Quincy on December 4, 1947. The defendants were tried, and at the close of the evidence each defendant moved for a directed verdict of not guilty, which motion was denied. The jury found each guilty of being accessory before the fact to murder in the second degree. Each was sentenced to imprisonment for life. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 274, § 2. Each appealed.
There was evidence of the following facts. Irwin, a married man of thirty-three…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Commonwealth v. GiacomazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Commonwealth v. BartoliniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Berlandi v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Commonwealth v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. ToroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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