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Lykus v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 28, 2000PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.

This is an appeal from an order of a single justice of this court pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, denying Edward S. Lykus (defendant) relief from a claimed illegally imposed State prison sentence. We provide an abbreviated summary of the lengthy procedural history culminating in this latest appeal by the defendant. In 1973, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree after being instructed on theories of *161premeditation and felony murder. The underlying felony was kidnapping with intent to extort money. The defendant received a life sentence on the murder conviction, a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  5. Dickerson v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  2. Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  3. Mains v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. ValliereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. KilburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003

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