Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gibson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 11, 1997PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant, Warren A. Gibson, was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation on April 17, 1974, and we affirmed the conviction on August 22, 1975. We concluded that there was no error and, after plenary review pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, that “the evidence amply supported the verdict, that there was no miscarriage of justice, and this is not an appropriate case in which to order a new trial or direct the entry of a verdict of a lesser degree of guilt.” Commonwealth v. Gibson, 368 Mass. 518, 528 (1975) (Gibson I). On March 16, 1979, we rejected the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Yates v. EvattSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by24 opinions
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