Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sinnott
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 13, 1987PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendants, Jeffrey Sinnott and Gary Mosso, were indicted on March 8, 1984, for the murder of Anthony Tamburro. Their pretrial motions for severance were denied. Their motions for mistrial, based on allegations of juror misconduct, were also denied. On June 26, 1984, the jury found both men guilty of murder in the first degree, on the basis that Tamburro’s death was inflicted with “extreme atrocity or cruelty.” 2
The prosecutor’s case against the defendants was drawn largely from the testimony of four eyewitnesses, no one of whom claimed knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by82 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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