Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lennon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 16, 1987PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of the murder in the first degree of John Hess. About 6 a.m. on May 21, 1982, John Hess, who presumably had been jogging on Fort Pond Road in Acton, was shot three times in the neck and head. Another jogger, who was about 275 yards away, had noticed a shiny red vehicle off to the side of the road and someone in jogging clothes standing beside it. He heard three shots in rapid succession and saw the body of the person next to the car fall to the road and the vehicle leave. Another jogger, farther away, also heard the shots, saw a figure falling, and…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. GlassMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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