Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ferreira
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 22, 1977PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant, Daniel K. Ferreira, brings this appeal pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his conviction of the murder in the first degree of Fall River police Officer John Ruggiero on July 23, 1973. He raises three issues in this appeal: (1) whether it was reversible error for the trial judge to charge the jury as to the sentencing and parole consequences for murder in the first and second degrees; (2) whether the trial judge erred in charging the jury that the reasonable doubt standard required that they be convinced of the defendant’s guilt to the same degree of certainty they would…
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