Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lenahan

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 5, 2000No. 98-P-1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.

On appeal from his convictions by a District Court jury on a two-count complaint charging him with solicitation to murder his wife and a man with whom he thought her to be having an affair, the defendant claims error in numerous rul*181ings made by the trial judge. Concluding that all the evidence presented by the Commonwealth was admissible and seeing no error in the denial of the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty, we affirm the judgments.

1. The facts. There was evidence to show that on August 21, 1997, Gerald Genest received a call in Attleboro from the defendant, his…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. FordhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. RosarioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  5. Commonwealth v. KoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. NardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. HamelMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. IrvingMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. WolcottMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010

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