Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Benitez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 18, 2013PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In 2008, the defendant, with his codefendant, William Santos,2 was tried by a jury in the Superior Court on charges of felony-murder in the first degree and armed robbery. The jury found the defendant and Santos guilty of both crimes. The defendant appeals from his convictions. His principal claims are that the evidence of his participation in a joint venture with Santos to rob the victim was insufficient to support his convictions; the trial judge erroneously admitted evidence of a prior bad act of Santos at their joint trial, causing prejudice to the defendant; and the judge should have…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. TejedaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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