Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Earle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 18, 2010No. SJC-10655PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
In 2005, the defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of murder in the second degree for the death of her twenty-one month old daughter, who died in March, 1985. We allowed the defendant’s application for direct appellate review. The defendant claims on appeal that (1) the evidence of malice was legally insufficient; (2) the Superior Court judge erred in refusing to give a manslaughter instruction; (3) the prosecutor’s closing arguments created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice; and (4) the judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial without a hearing.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. GallisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. TavaresCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. HanrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. RileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Robidoux v. O'BRIENCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
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