Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scott
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 17, 1990PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The defendant, Wilbert Scott, was convicted by a jury on October 8, 1987, of murder in the first degree. He appeals from his conviction. He asserts various claims of error, each of which we discuss below. We affirm the conviction.1
The evidence before the jury was as follows. The victim, a nineteen year old woman, left her job as a nurse’s aide at the Bolton Manor Nursing Home in Marlborough at approximately 9 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 1986. She walked toward her boy friend’s apartment, about one and one-third miles away. Four motorists testified that they saw a young woman wearing a white…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. MatteiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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