Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Walker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 17, 1987PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Thomas O’Donnell, armed robbery, and unlawfully carrying a firearm. After trial in the Superior Court, the jury returned verdicts finding the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and not guilty of the other offenses charged.
The defendant claims error in the trial judge’s refusal to grant his motions, made at the close of the Commonwealth’s case-in-chief and at the close of all the evidence, for a required finding of not guilty on the murder charge. Similarly, the defendant complains of the judge’s denial of his motion for a new trial…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. AmazeenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. ClaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. BaschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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