Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Ewing

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided March 22, 1991No. 90-P-690PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.

On Saturday, August 13, 1988, Americo Scarelli (the victim) was found dead in his office at the Department of Public Works, 1023 Riverside Drive in Methuen. One month later, an Essex County grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant with murder. A motion to suppress the defendant’s inculpatory statements to the police was denied after an evidentiary hearing, and on April 14, 1989, after a five-day trial, a jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. The defendant appealed, claiming errors in the suppression ruling and in the conduct of the trial. We affirm…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
  5. Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SeniorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  2. People v. HartIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. SouzaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
  4. Commonwealth v. AlmeidaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
  5. Ewing v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007

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