Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Callahan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 5, 1980PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendant, Joseph N. Callahan, was indicted on April 12, 1976, for the murder of one Marian Reichle, and on December 21, 1976, he was convicted of her murder in the first degree. The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and seeks a new trial based on the following alleged errors by the trial judge in: (1) admitting in evidence statements made by the defendant during a court-ordered psychiatric examination; (2) instructing the jury on the consequences of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity; (3) instructing the jury on the burden of proof; (4) permitting certain…
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