Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Reaves
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 21, 2001PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The defendant, Timothy Reaves, was convicted of murder in the first degree for the drive-by shooting of fourteen year old Daniel Correia.1 The jury specified that they convicted the defendant on a theory of joint venture.2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the judge erred in (1) allowing the Commonwealth to introduce statements of a coventurer; (2) denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty; (3) failing to clarify that malice for purposes of deliberately premeditated murder was limited to first prong malice; and (4) allowing the jury to continue deliberating after a jury poll…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. LongoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DenisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. ValentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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