Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 29, 2003PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A jury convicted the defendant, Paul Jones, of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation. The defendant filed a timely notice of appeal. His motion for a new trial, filed in this court and remanded to the Superior Court, was denied. His appeal from that ruling has been consolidated with his direct appeal. The defendant challenges the denial of his motion to suppress his statements to the police; the admission of certain hearsay statements1; the failure to instruct the jury on joint venture; the cumulative effect of the alleged errors; and the denial of his motion for a…
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- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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