Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cruz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 19, 1999PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
On June 17, 1996, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder, specifying both burglary with assault on an occupant and stealing from a building by confining or putting in fear as underlying felonies. The jury also convicted the defendant of three counts of burglary with an actual assault on an occupant; one indictment charging armed assault in a dwelling entered with intent to commit a felony; four counts of stealing from a building by confining or putting in fear; one indictment charging armed robbery; four counts of assault and battery by means…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. ApplebyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MartinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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