Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lowe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 9, 1984PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury on June 8, 1981, of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. On June 10, 1981, he moved for a required finding of not guilty after discharge of jury, or for a new trial. The trial judge denied this motion after a hearing. On appeal from this denial and from his conviction, the Appeals Court concluded that the judge’s refusal, in the circumstances of the case, to give the instructions requested by the defendant on accident made a new trial necessary. Accordingly, it ordered…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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3Cited by69 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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- Commonwealth v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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