Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tevlin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 30, 2001PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of three offenses: murder in the first degree based on felony-murder, armed robbery, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. On appeal, the defendant asserts the following: (1) the trial judge erred in denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty on the charge of armed robbery, because, in the circumstances of this case, as a matter of law, the use of a sneaker in the perpetration of a robbery cannot constitute the use of a dangerous weapon for purposes of armed robbery; (2) the judge erred by denying his motion for a…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Maine v. MoultonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Tevlin v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- United States v. Paul ParnellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016
- United States v. WhindletonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Commonwealth v. MatteiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- United States v. HartCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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