Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rosenthal
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 14, 2000PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
A jury rejected the defendant’s claim that he lacked criminal responsibility and convicted him of murder in the first degree based on extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 At trial the defendant did not dispute that he committed the murder, but claimed that he was not criminally responsible. The defendant appeals from his conviction claiming that (1) the trial judge erred by admitting evidence of the defendant’s alleged prior bad acts and (2) the judge’s instructions on criminal responsibility were erroneous. He also requests that we direct the entry of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KolenovicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. EdwardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. StroynyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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