Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 23, 1993No. 92-P-1805PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
At about 1:30 a.m. on March 22, 1991, a light blue-silver Dodge minivan (the “van”), with the defendant Charles E. Smith, IV, at the wheel, struck and killed two Boston University undergraduates as they crossed Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. The van braked, but did not stop, and sped off. Police stopped the van shortly past 1:40 a.m., as it turned onto Boylston Street after travelling in a southerly direction on Massachusetts Avenue (i.e., away from the Charles River). They arrested Smith.
A jury returned verdicts finding Smith guilty of two counts (one count for each victim) of operating a…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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