Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Louraine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 24, 1983PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On May 26, 1979, the defendant allegedly stabbed Albert Zalucki twenty-one times. Zalucki died, and the defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree. He was convicted by a jury on March 16, 1982, of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. He now appeals his conviction pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
The defendant alleges error on a number of grounds, but primarily relies on his claims that (1) he was deprived by a ruling of a motion judge of an opportunity to present his demeanor in an unmedicated condition to the jury; (2) the trial judge failed…
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- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by45 opinions
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