Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Szczuka
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 17, 1984PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On January 10, 1979, two indictments charging murder in the first degree were returned against the defendant, Gregory Szczuka. The victims, Kevin Robinson and Kenneth F. Wescott, had been shot by the defendant in Topsfield on November 8, 1973, and died thereafter. On May 24, 1979, an Essex County jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree on each indictment. Szczuka was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. He appealed the convictions. On March 19, 1981, Szczuka filed a motion for release from…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. ShraiarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Green v. CosbyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2015
- Commonwealth v. WallisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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