Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sama
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 5, 1991PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree based on extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal, the defendant contends that: (1) the judge erroneously instructed the jury as to the effect of the defendant’s voluntary intoxication on proof of the elements of extreme atrocity or cruelty and malice aforethought, (2) the jury’s failure to indicate their finding of malice on the verdict slip, after being directed to do so, established that the jury did not find mal ice aforethought at all, and the defendant therefore should have been found not guilty of murder; and (3) the conviction…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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