Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kappler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 15, 1993Published
1Opinion of the Court
416 Mass. 574 (1993)
625 N.E.2d 513
COMMONWEALTH
vs.
JOHN F. KAPPLER, JR.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.
May 5, 1993.
December 15, 1993.
Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.
Jonathan Shapiro for the defendant.
David R. Marks, Assistant District Attorney (Marcia E. Jackson with him) for the Commonwealth.
ABRAMS, J.
Convicted of murder in the second degree, armed assault with intent to murder, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, the defendant, John F. Kappler, Jr., appeals. The trial focused on the issue of criminal responsibility. After…
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- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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