Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Spencer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 2, 2013PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
The defendant has been indicted for murder in the first degree, and for unlawful possession of a firearm and of ammunition as an armed career criminal. The Commonwealth seeks to introduce at his forthcoming trial the defendant’s three recorded statements to police, made on July 29, July 30, and August 3, 2006, as well as eight recorded telephone calls that the defendant made from the Worcester County house of correction between August 2 and August 14, 2006. Shortly before trial was scheduled to begin, in conjunction with a number of other motions in limine, the trial judge considered the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. CruzadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. AmranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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