Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lodge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 12, 2000PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
A jury convicted the defendant, Michael Lodge, of murder in the first degree on the ground of deliberate premeditation.1 The defendant claims on appeal that the judge erred in (1) denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty because there was insufficient evidence that the defendant was the person who committed the murder, and that even if there were sufficient evidence the evidence of premeditation was insufficient; (2) admitting in evidence both the personal opinion of the lead investigator that the defendant was guilty and the investigator’s opinion regarding “blood splatter”…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by69 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. Silva-SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. VerdeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. LaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. AvilaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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