Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LaBrie
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 9, 2016No. SJC 11836PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
The defendant, Kristen LaBrie, was charged with the attempted murder of her young son and related assault and battery and child endangerment crimes. The Commonwealth contends that the defendant, with the intent to kill her son, did not give him prescribed chemotherapy and other medications designed to treat the cancer from which he suffered and ultimately died. At a trial before an Essex County jury, the defendant was convicted on these charges; before us is her appeal from these convictions and from the denial of her motion for a new trial. The defendant claims that her conviction of…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. PeasleeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Department of Youth Services v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. DockhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. MillienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. EppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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