Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pike
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 2, 1949PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
The defendant has been found guilty by a jury of the murder in the first degree of Paul Zayka at Bolton on August 5, 1948. Sentence of death has been imposed under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 265, § 2, and stayed in accordance with G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 279, § 4, as appearing in St. 1935, c. 437, § 3. The case is here on appeal with a transcript of the evidence, a summary of the record, and an assignment of errors. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33E, as amended in § 33E by St. 1939, c. 341.
The evidence, including the arguments and charge, is voluminous, filling six hundred eighty-six typewritten…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. CostleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Commonwealth v. SheppardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. TarverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth vs. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- National Labor Relations Board v. Federal Dairy Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
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