Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bui
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 1, 1995PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On November 25, 1989, the bodies of Ngoc Le (older victim) and her fifteen year old daughter Dixie Poulin (younger victim) were found in their basement apartment in Everett. There was evidence that each had been stabbed to death four days earlier and that the younger victim had received blunt force injuries. Jewelry and cash were missing from the apartment.
In the summer of 1990, the police received information that led to the arrest of the defendant and two other men.1 After a long trial in April, 1992, slowed by the need in many instances for the use of interpreters of Vietnamese, the jury…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Maryland v. BuieSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Olden v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by72 opinions
- Bui v. DiPaoloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. AllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. DeJesusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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