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Commonwealth v. Johnson

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 9, 1996PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.

On November 20, 1992, a Middlesex County jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree of Kimberly Watkins, armed assault with intent to murder Pamela Watkins, armed assault with intent to murder Nekeya Gomez, and two indictments charging assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. He received a life sentence on the murder conviction and two concurrent terms of from eighteen to twenty years for the armed assaults convictions, to run from and after the life sentence for the murder convic*421tion.1 On appeal, he claims error in the trial judge’s instruction on malice, the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
  5. Blaisdell v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. LeahyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. DagleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  4. Commonwealth v. ToonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997

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