Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cobb
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 1, 1978PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant appeals under G.L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the second degree after a jury trial on an indictment for murder in the first degree. The defendant has filed numerous assignments of error, only three of which need be discussed in view of our determination that the judgment of conviction must be reversed, the jury verdict set aside, and a new trial ordered.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree of William Petrosh, the operator of a small grocery store in Boston. On the morning of August 23, 1975, Petrosh had been working in his store and…
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