Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Monsen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1979PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant was tried before a Superior Court judge and jury on indictments charging murder in the first degree, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and armed assault within a dwelling. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all three indictments. The trial judge then imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole for murder in the first degree, along with sentences of fifteen to twenty years, concurrent, for armed assault within a dwelling, and eight to ten years, concurrent, for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
The defendant appeals,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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