Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mandile
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 21, 1988PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant, Richard A. Mandile, was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and murder in the first degree of Carl A. Valiton, and was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. He challenges these convictions on grounds of (1) in sufficiency of the evidence, (2) prosecutorial misconduct, (3) deficiencies in the jury instructions, and (4) judicial abuse of discretion relating to dismissal of the jury foreman. Other contentions relate to duplicative sentencing and principles of double jeopardy relevant only in the event of retrial. Because we conclude that the judgments of conviction must be…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by67 opinions
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