Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gilday
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 31, 1980PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant William Morrill Gilday, Jr., was convicted, after a jury trial, on an indictment for murder in the first degree of a Boston police officer, and on two indictments for armed robbery. Concurrent life sentences were ultimately imposed on all convictions. On appeal, this court affirmed the convictions. Commonwealth v. Gilday, 367 Mass. 474 (1975). Gilday is now here on appeal from the denial by a Superior Court judge of a motion for a new trial. We affirm the judge’s order denying the motion.
During oral argument, Gilday’s attorney stated to this court that copies of two reports of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. PeruzziMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Gilday v. CallahanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Commonwealth v. NealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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