Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cullen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 19, 1985PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
After a jury-waived trial in which the sole issue was the defendant’s criminal responsibility, the defendant, Francis E. Cullen, Jr., was convicted of assault with intent to murder (two counts), assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (two counts), and unlawfully carrying a firearm. The defendant appealed his convictions claiming that although “there may be some evidence supporting a conclusion of sanity . . . [t]he Commonwealth did not produce sufficient evidence . . . from which a reasonable trier of fact could infer the sanity of the Defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.” A…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. AngiuloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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