Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vacher
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 19, 2014No. SJC 11220PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, on theories of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder. 2 On appeal, the defendant asks us to recognize for the first time the concept of “target standing,” and to declare the witness immunity statute, G. L. c. 233, § 20C, unconstitutional. He argues that, in litigating his own motions to suppress, he should have been afforded target standing to challenge the violation of his alleged coventurers’ constitutional rights. He further argues that the witness immunity statute, G. L. c.…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- United States v. Gennaro J. Angiulo, Donato F. Angiulo, Samuel S. Granito, Francesco J. Angiulo and Michele A. AngiuloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- United States v. BermeaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WardsworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. DePinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. HobbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. BrewerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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