Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Payne
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 17, 1998PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
A jury convicted each of the defendants, Michael Payne and Marcus Edwards, on two indictments charging murder in the first degree,2 one indictment charging armed robbery, and one indictment charging possession of a handgun without a license. On appeal, both defendants contend that (1) the prosecutor’s closing argument was improper; (2) the judge’s instructions to the jury were erroneous in several respects; and (3) their armed robbery convictions should have been set aside as duplicative of their felony-murder convictions. Payne also claims that the judge erred in denying his motion to…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SouzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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