Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bray
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 1, 1985PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Upon indictments for first degree murder and two related charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, to wit, a baseball bat, the defendant Bray after a lengthy trial was convicted of murder in the second degree and of both related charges. The trial, we hold, was fair although not perfect, and the judgments will be affirmed.
1. Narrative. Leaving some details for later points, we recount the facts as the jury could have found them.
The victim, twenty-two year old Robert Ryan, was at a party in Malden on Saturday night, August 14, 1982. The party had been noisy and alcoholic;…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Webb v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. SineiroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. SeminaraMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- State v. GarciaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. ColantonioMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
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