Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Palmariello
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 1, 1984PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
On October 15, 1982, a jury found both defendants guilty of murder in the first degree of the defendant Edward Palmariello’s mother. The prosecution’s theory was that the defendants engaged in a joint enterprise. The trial judge sentenced each defendant to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, for a term of life imprisonment. The defendants now appeal from these convictions. Palmariello alleges that (1) the prosecutor committed improprieties in his closing argument; (2) several evidentiary rulings were erroneous; and (3) the judge should have granted his motion for mistrial or…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. SinnottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- United States v. SampsonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
- Commonwealth v. LodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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