Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Beauchamp
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 9, 1997PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFried, J.
The defendant, Robert C. Beauchamp, was indicted for the murder in the first degree in 1971. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and the defendant was sentenced to life in prison. No appeal was taken from the conviction or from the denial of the motion for a new trial. In 1974, the defendant failed to return from a furlough. He was finally apprehended in California in 1981 where he. was charged with Federal crimes. After serving Federal sentences in California and Illinois, the defendant was returned to Massachusetts on a Governor’s warrant in 1987. See 413…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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