Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Trapp
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 31, 1996PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
In October, 1987, a Middlesex County jury returned a guilty verdict against the defendant, Randall W. Trapp, on an indictment charging murder in the first degree. The defendant had been retried after we overturned his initial conviction on the ground that improperly admitted character evidence caused prejudice. See Commonwealth v. Trapp, 396 Mass. 202 (1985).
The evidence regarding the homicide itself and identification of the perpetrator was substantially the same at both trials. On the evidence submitted at the second trial, the jury could have concluded that Trapp encountered one Lawrence…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by67 opinions
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