Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ambers
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 18, 1976PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
On December 5, 1973, the defendant was convicted by a Suffolk County jury of murder in the first degree and armed robbery. The case is here on appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, the defendant claiming that the judge’s instructions to the jury were so misleading and inaccurate as to deprive him of his right to have the jury decide the facts. We do not agree and therefore we affirm the convictions below.
The evidence may be summarized as follows. During the morning hours of November 27, 1972, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority porter was found mortally injured in the Essex Street…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. BendersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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