Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Knight
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 12, 2002PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
Edward Knight appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder.1 He also appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, which is now consolidated with his direct appeal. Knight claims the trial judge erred in (1) allowing the Commonwealth’s motion to amend the indictment to change the date of the victim’s death; (2) precluding the defendant’s cross-examination of the Commonwealth’s principal witness about the effect of the verdict in the criminal trial of Louise Woodward on the witness’s…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. LaVelleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. DouganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Knight v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. RiceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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