Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wright

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 15, 2018No. SJC 11950PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.

**125 The defendant, Joseph Wright, appeals from two convictions of murder in the first degree. He urges the reversal of his convictions on four grounds. First, he contends that the pretrial motion judge erroneously denied his motion to suppress statements he made to Canadian law enforcement officers. Second, he argues that the trial judge committed a reversible error in ordering the pretrial disclosure of the defendant's mental health expert's report regarding the defendant's mental condition at the time of the crimes, which the prosecution had in its possession during its subsequent…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  4. United States v. Abu AliCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2008
  5. Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967

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3Cited by3 opinions

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