Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Grey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 19, 1987PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree and convicted of murder in the second. He challenges the judge ’ s refusal to instruct the jury that the defendant’s mental impairment, if any, could be considered on all issues involving his specific intent to do certain things. The judge told the jury, over objection, that any mental impairment could *470be considered only on the issue whether the defendant deliberately premeditated the victim’s death. The judge’s instruction was erroneous because it told the jury not to consider evidence of the defendant’s mental condition in deciding…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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3Cited by150 opinions
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