Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Francis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 1969PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
This is an appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. The defendant was tried before a jury on an indictment charging him with murder and was convicted of murder in the first degree. The jury recommended that the death sentence be not imposed and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The defendant alleged various assignments of error but *109has pressed only two of those before us. He further contends that the court erred in excluding from the jury persons who said they were opposed to capital punishment.
1. The defendant first asserts that there was error in denying at the close of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. CostaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. FestaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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