Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Champagne
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 20, 1987PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendants, inmates in the State prison at Walpole (now Cedar Junction), were convicted in August, 1979, of murder in the first degree of a fellow inmate, Stephen L. Curvin. 2 The defendants raise a variety of issues, some advanced individually and others advanced jointly. The issues arise both on appeals from the convictions and on appeals from the denial of posttrial motions. We affirm the convictions and decline, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1984 ed.), to order that the verdicts be reduced or a new trial be held.
The victim died of multiple stab wounds inflicted by a sharp…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. ValentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. SemedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. KilburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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