Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brum
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 2004PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A Bristol County jury convicted the defendant of armed robbery as a joint venturer and of murder in the first degree both as a principal and as a joint venturer, on the theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder. On appeal, the defendant argues (1) in his instructions to the jury on manslaughter on grounds of provocation and self-defense, the trial judge committed an Acevedo error (Commonwealth v. Acevedo, 427 Mass. 714 [1998]) and therefore, the conviction of murder in *200the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty should be vacated; (2) because the conviction…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MahdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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