Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McAfee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1999PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
After being tried in the Superior Court jointly with his codefendant, Ronny Elliot, see Commonwealth v. Elliot, post 498 (1999), the defendant, Michael McAfee, was found guilty of murder in the first degree on theories of both deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty, armed assault with intent to murder, and illegal possession of a rifle. On appeal, he claims numerous errors warranting reversal of his convictions and an order for a new trial. Alternatively, he requests that we exercise our authority pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce the homicide verdict to…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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- Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. SchefferSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by51 opinions
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