Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Key
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 27, 1980PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
In March, 1978, a jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree under two indictments. The jury also found that the defendant had wilfully and maliciously burned a dwelling. The court imposed two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment for the murders and a concurrent sentence of ten to fifteen years for the arson conviction. The defendant’s appeal is before this court on an assignment of errors under G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
We briefly outline the evidence as presented both at the voir dire and at the trial. Certain facts, however, will be presented in more detail in connection…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BaldwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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