Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 19, 2014No. SJC 11428PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
In the early morning hours of February 15, 2009, the defendant stabbed his girl friend multiple times shortly after they returned to his apartment from a local bar. The victim died of her wounds later that morning. A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § l. 2 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the statements the defendant made from his holding cell in response to police questioning should have been suppressed because he had earlier invoked his right to silence; (2) the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. SeinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. MeloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. BoucherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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