Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Santos
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 11, 1988PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant, Louis Santos, appeals from his convictions of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder, armed robbery, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and armed assault with intent to rob. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
We summarize the facts. At about 5 p.m., on October 28, 1983, Colleen Maxwell, a social worker, was accompanying Charles Bartick, a thirty-two year old man born with Down’s syndrome, to the Ashmont subway station in the Dorchester section of Boston. Bartick was a resident of Van Winkle House, a…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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