Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Madeiros
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 29, 1926PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The defendant and three others were in-dieted jointly for murder. One of the other three has not been apprehended: the cases of two have been disposed of, and the defendant alone was tried.
The judge, on the motion of the Commonwealth acquiesced in by the defendant, ordered that the jury take a view of the premises where the murder was alleged to have been committed. The prosecuting officer, prior to the view, in his opening, stated that the defendant and his companions in the attempt to rob the Wrentham Bank stole a new Hudson touring car and on the day of the homicide came to the bank in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Commonwealth v. ChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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3Cited by132 opinions
- Taylor v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. TurzaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
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