Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Valentin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 1995PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
On May 15, 1992, the defendant, Pedro Valentin, was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation.1 The Commonwealth prosecuted the case on the theory that the defendant and his brother, Simon Valentin, had acted as joint venturers in committing the murder.2 Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that, because the Commonwealth’s evidence was insufficient, as matter of law, to convict him of murder as a joint venturer, he was entitled to the allowance of his motion for a required finding of not guilty under Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (a), 378 Mass.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. LongoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. McGaheeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. MarreroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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