Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 3, 1973PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction for murder in the first degree of one Leo J. Bourgault. The jury, under procedure which was appropriate at the time of trial, recommended that the sentence of death be not imposed, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.
There was evidence from which the jury were warranted in concluding that about 1 a.m., on the morning of August 17, 1970, the victim Bourgault hired a room at a motor inn in Watertown. He entered the assigned room with the defendant and another girl named Elaine Soares. The defendant was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Commonwealth v. McKennaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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3Cited by78 opinions
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