Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Simmons
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 11, 1994PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
Following a jury trial, the defendant appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree, from a denial in the trial court of his motion for a new trial, and from a denial by a single justice of this court of a second motion for a new trial. In the appeal from his conviction, the defendant argues that a false statement in the nature of an alibi that he made to the police when he was arrested for the murder was involuntarily made and therefore the trial judge erred in admitting it in evidence. He also says that the prosecutor impermissibly argued to the jury in his summation that the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. TucceriMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. KoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. NettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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