Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Norris
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 4, 2012PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
The defendants, Walter Norris and Valentino Facey, were convicted of murder in the first degree, as well as related crimes; the murder convictions were based on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty.2 The charges concerned the shooting death of Bernard Johnson in the parking lot of a Somerville apartment building. In their appeals, Facey contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his murder conviction as a joint venturer; both defendants argue that the jury should have been instructed on defense of another; and Norris claims he was entitled to a jury…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. AkaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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