Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Satterfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 21, 1977PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
This is the second appearance of this case in our court. Having been convicted in Superior Court in April, 1971, of murder in the first degree (with a jury recommendation against the death penalty), the defendant Satterfield took his appeal here pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. He contended, among other things, that he had not been properly represented by trial counsel, and included in the relief sought was a prayer for mitigation under § 33E. We affirmed the judgment and declined to act under § 33E. Commonwealth v. Satterfield, 362 Mass. 78 (1972). In August, 1974, the defendant moved…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Myers v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. DevereauxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. PisaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by256 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Nazzaro Scarpa v. Larry E. Dubois, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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