Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Goudreau
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 22, 1996PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On the night of July 2, 1987, the defendant stabbed his neighbor Mary Jane Pasciuti to death and inflicted serious stab wounds on his wife, Sandra. There was no ready explanation for Goudreau’s behavior, and understandably he asserted a claim of lack of criminal responsibility when he was tried for the murder of Pasciuti and the attempted murder of his wife.
The defendant appeals from his convictions of murder in the first degree and of armed assault with intent to murder and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. He challenges (1) the propriety of a procedure by which the jury, after…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Department of Youth Services v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Bouchie v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. TrappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. RuddockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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