Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bousquet
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 5, 1990PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
A jury convicted the defendant, Christopher R. Bousquet, of murder in the first degree. The verdict was based on the conclusion that the defendant had killed the victim with “deliberately premeditated malice aforethought” and with “extreme atrocity or cruelty.” The defendant appeals from his conviction.
On June 14, 1982, both the defendant and the victim were sixteen years old. The victim had sold some hashish to the defendant and the two of them went into the woods in Swansea to smoke the hashish together. At some point, the victim took out a knife and demanded that the defendant turn over…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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