Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Moses
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 26, 2002PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant, Prince Moses, was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. He also was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. On appeal he claims that the trial judge erred by (1) denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) admitting evidence of the victim’s statements as dying declarations; (3) excluding the victim’s prior convictions for purposes of impeachment; (4) refusing to instruct on intoxication; and (5) improperly commenting on the evidence in his…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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- Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by26 opinions
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