Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lapointe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 9, 1988PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant, Daniel L. Lapointe, was indicted by a Bristol County grand jury for the murder in the first degree of Edward LeBlanc. Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to not less than fifteen years nor more than eighteen years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution (MCI), Cedar Junction. On appeal, the defendant claims: the judge erred in permitting witnesses to testify as to the deceased’s reputation for peacefulness; the judge erred in excluding evidence regarding the defendant’s post-traumatic stress disorder; the judge erred in…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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- Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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