Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ramirez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 7, 1990PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, larceny from the person, receiving stolen property, and carrying a firearm without a license. The charges arose out of an incident involving the defendant, who is Hispanic, and his former girl friend, who is not Hispanic and is white. Prior to empanelment of the jury, defense counsel requested individual voir dire of the venire on several matters including bias against Hispanic persons. Without conducting a colloquy with the defendant personally, the judge asked each juror the following requested questions…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Carter v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Ciummei v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SandersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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