Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. MacKenzie
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 21, 1992PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The defendant, James G. MacKenzie, and James Judge, were each charged with the murder in the first degree of Lois Wentworth, a sixty-two year old resident of Wayland who, at the time of her death, was the defendant’s neighbor. The two men were tried separately. On appeal from his convictions, 1 the defendant argues that: (1) testimony pertaining to the confession of James Judge, who had implicated the defendant in the crimes and who did not testify at trial, was admitted in evidence improperly in contravention of the defendant’s right under the Sixth Amendment to the United States…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. OlszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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