Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sielicki
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 12, 1984PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of two counts of murder in the first degree, claiming that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel and that the trial judge abused his discretion by admitting in evidence repetitious gruesome photographs of the bodies of the victims. We affirm.
The jury could have found the following facts. During the morning of Sunday, April 20, 1980, the defendant, along with Danny Keene, Paul Bowman, and Frank Cerasi, drove from Salisbury to Hampton, New Hampshire, in order for Keene to look at an automobile that his brother was interested in…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. GarabedianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. WatersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. PillaiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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