Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Zukoski
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 2, 1976PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the second degree. The victim, a woman in her middle forties, was kicked to death on South Lawrence Common one night in early September, 1970. That night the defendant admitted, first to an acquaintance and then to the police, that he had been with the woman but claimed that they had been “jumped” by three people he could not identify. The next afternoon, after questioning, the defendant changed his story and told the police that he had punched the victim when she threw a glass at him, admitting that he…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. McCanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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