Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Richenburg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 28, 1988PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
On August 4, 1982, a young woman was raped and murdered. The victim’s partially nude body was discovered wrapped in a red blanket and two trash bags tied with four pieces of rope. The body was found with two other trash bags containing various bloodstained debris including rope, insulation board, and cleaning rags in a dumpster located at an apartment complex in Westborough. The victim had been raped, stabbed vaginally, and strangled. The victim’s jugular vein had been punctured causing severe blood loss before her death. The evidence showed that the victim was murdered in the basement of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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