Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Evans
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 16, 1983PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The defendant, Arnold Evans, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree of Edward T. Bigham, III, of armed assault with intent to rob Bigham and Marian Ryan, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon on Ryan. The judge sentenced the defendant to a term of life imprisonment on the murder conviction, to two terms of from nineteen to twenty years on the conviction of armed assault with intent to rob, and to a term of from nine to ten years on the conviction of assault and battery. All sentences were ordered to be served concurrently.
On appeal to this court, the defendant…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PaszkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. FernetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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