Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ortiz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 10, 2012PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, C.J.
On February 8, 2006, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues error in (1) the admission of hearsay; (2) the admission of expert testimony; (3) the prosecutor’s questioning of a witness; (4) the prosecutor’s closing argument; and (5) the judge’s instructions to the jury. We affirm the defendant’s conviction and discern no basis to exercise our authority pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E.1
Background. Based on the evidence, the jury could have…
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- Commonwealth v. CundriffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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