Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wright
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 15, 1992PublishedCited by 355 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree and from the denial of two motions for a new trial. We affirm the conviction and the orders denying the defendant’s motions for a new trial.
In the afternoon of May 14, 1984, officers of the Springfield police department found the victim’s body with more than sixty stab" wounds in her second-floor apartment at 306 Dwight Street Extension. There was evidence that she had died between 12:15 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. that day. A neighbor heard a woman screaming for about fifteen minutes shortly before 4 a.m. He then heard a motor…
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- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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