Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hartford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 2, 1963PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
In this indictment for murder the jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree of his wife Marilyn and recommended that the death sentence be not imposed. See G. L. c. 265, § 2, as amended. The case comes here on appeal, with a summary of the record, a transcript of the evidence, and an assignment of errors under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended.
There was evidence of the following: The defendant and Marilyn were married on June 18, 1958. She was fifteen years old and he was eighteen. Two children were born of the marriage. The marriage resulted in two separations. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by78 opinions
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