Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smallwood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 3, 1980PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant brings this appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his convictions on indictments charging murder in the first degree, armed robbery, and unlawfully carrying a firearm on his person. He was sentenced to a term of life to be served at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole on the murder conviction and to additional concurrent terms of life and three to five years on the armed robbery and firearm indictments respectively.
The defendant raises the following issues in this appeal: (1) whether it was error for the judge to instruct the jury that, should the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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