Legal Opinion
Shabazz v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 27, 1982PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff (Shabazz) is serving two concurrent life sentences for murder in the first degree of one Thorn and of one Jeffreys, and a sentence of life imprisonment for armed robbery of Thorn, to be served from and after the other life sentences. These crimes all arose out of a single incident. Commonwealth v. Hall, 369 Mass. 715 (1976). Shabazz argues that the convictions of murder could have been based on the theory of felony-murder and that, therefore, the “from and after” sentence for armed robbery is constitutionally barred under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United…
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