Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pares-Ramirez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 11, 1987PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The defendant appeals from convictions of murder in the second degree and unlawfully carrying a firearm. At trial, it was not disputed that the defendant had shot the victim, but the defendant claimed that he had acted in self-defense. On appeal, he argues that his defense was undermined by two prejudicial errors. The first claimed error is the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress a statement that he had signed. The statement was read to the jury by a police officer and went with the jury to the deliberating room. The other alleged error is the judge’s failure to instruct the jury…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SantanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. ViriyahiranpaiboonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. D'AmourMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. RobicheauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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