Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 5, 2013PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
On May 20, 2006, the defendant beat his wife and eleven year old stepson to death with a hammer. He turned himself in and made a long statement to police in his native Portuguese. The statement was translated contemporaneously by an officer who was fluent in both Portuguese and English. Over the defendant’s objection, and following a hearing on his motion to suppress the statement, before a judge who was not the trial judge, the statement was introduced in evidence at the defendant’s trial in the Superior Court. The jury found the defendant guilty on two indictments charging murder in the…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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