Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Campbell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 7, 1979PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
Robert A. Perrotta was brutally murdered in his cell at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution (MCI) at Walpole on November 25,1976. The defendants John Campbell, Jr., Stephen Doherty, and Arthur Keigney, who were all inmates at MCI Walpole on that date, were indicted, tried, and convicted of murder in the first degree as a result of this incident. Each was sentenced to "imprisonment in the state prison for life.” See G. L. c. 265, §§ 1-2. Their appeals are before us under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and raise a variety of issues. 2 We affirm the judgments.
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2Cases cited74 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by141 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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