Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murphy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 7, 1998PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal he argues that incriminating statements made to a friend should not have been admitted in evidence without a determination by the judge that they were voluntary, and that the judge should have given an instruction to the jury under our humane practice. He also challenges the judge’s instructions on intoxication and on malice and several of her evidentiary rulings, argues that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct, and makes a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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