Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nighelli
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 28, 1982PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The defendants Nighelli and Melanson were found guilty, after a six-day trial before a Superior Court judge and a jury, on indictments charging that each conspired with the other on July 3 and 12, 1979, and on other occasions between July 3 and 24, 1979, to murder Vincent Ferrara. Each defendant has appealed. At trial, each defendant rested at the close of the Commonwealth’s case, and filed a motion for a required finding of not guilty. These motions were denied.
1. The evidence most favorable to the Commonwealth was that one or both defendants had been having discussions in June, 1979, with…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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- Letch v. DanielsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. RoblesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. ColleranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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