Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Repoza
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 7, 1990No. 89-P-39PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
About four years after the defendant’s conviction for murder in the second degree was affirmed, see Commonwealth v. Repoza, 382 Mass. 119 (1980) (Repoza I), he sought, pro se, postconviction relief under Mass.R.Crim.P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979). The denial of that motion was affirmed (22 Mass. App. Ct. 1110 [1986]), and further appellate review was sought and granted, 398 Mass. 1103 (1986). Upon further review, his conviction was reversed, see Commonwealth v. Repoza, 400 Mass. 516 (1987) (Repoza II), because of burden-shifting language in the jury instructions concerning the definition of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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