Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Paulding
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 24, 2002PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of unlawful possession of a firearm and of felony-murder in the first degree based on his participation in three armed robberies in which one victim was shot and killed.1 Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues *3that the judge (1) violated G. L. c. 265, § 1, and his Federal due process rights, when she instructed the jury that they could find him guilty of murder in the second degree, but refused to instruct on the elements of that crime; and (2) abused her discretion in allowing the prosecutor to impeach him by his prior…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- McGautha v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. David T. DellingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Horning v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- United States v. DoughertyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. KirwanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. LucienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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