Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Albert
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 1984PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, on November 24, 1982, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals, and requests that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to order a new trial or to direct the entry of a verdict of a lesser degree of guilt.
The defendant alleges that the trial judge’s instructions to the jury were deficient in that they (1) failed to place the burden of proof regarding self-defense and provocation clearly on the prosecution, (2) invaded the jury’s fact-finding function by suggesting an inference of malice from the intentional…
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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