Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Morgan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 15, 2007PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In 2000, the defendant, David Morgan, was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of deliberate premeditation.1 The defendant appealed. In 2004, he filed a motion for a new trial that the trial judge denied. The defendant appealed from the denial of his motion for a new trial and the appeals have been consolidated. The defendant claims that the judge should have granted his motion for a required finding of not guilty because there was insufficient evidence, and erred in denying his motion for a new trial. He also requests that we grant him relief pursuant to our power under G.…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. EspadaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. DuboisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. SprayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Morgan v. DickhautCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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