Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Eugene
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 2003PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty in connection with the July 30, 1997, stabbing death of the woman with whom he lived. On appeal, the defendant claims error in three evidentiary rulings at trial: (1) the admission of an abuse prevention order obtained by the victim five months prior to the killing, (2) the exclusion of portions of the defendant’s statement to the police, and (3) the exclusion of the length of the sentence served by one of the Commonwealth’s witnesses on an unrelated criminal conviction. He also requests…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. MartinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. GarreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. AvilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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