Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. French
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 4, 1970PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
French and Grieco were indicted on October 25, 1967, for the murder of Edward Deegan on March 12, 1965. Tameleo, Limone, Cassesso, and Salvati were separately indicted as accessories before the fact. All these defendants, together with Joseph Baron (born Barboza), were charged in one indictment with conspiracy to murder Deegan, and in another indictment with conspiracy to murder Anthony J. Stathopoulos.
French was found guilty of murder in the first degree and Salvati was found guilty of being an accessory, each with a recommendation that the death penalty not be imposed. Grieco was found…
2Cases cited149 opinions
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3Cited by123 opinions
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