Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McLaughlin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 22, 2001PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
The defendant, Franklin McLaughlin, appealed from his conviction of murder in the second degree. In an unpublished memorandum and order pursuant to its rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed the conviction. Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 (2000). We granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review. The defendant claims that the judge erred in (1) his instructions to the jury on manslaughter; and (2) his exclusion of the *559defendant’s statement to the police. While we find that the judge properly excluded the defendant’s statement to police on hearsay grounds,…
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- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. MandevilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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