Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fortini
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 20, 2007No. 06-P-178PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
After a trial on an indictment for murder in the first degree, a jury found the defendant, Robert E. Fortini, HI, guilty of murder in the second degree. At trial, the defendant had argued for acquittal based on self-defense. The defendant appealed the conviction; we affirmed. Commonwealth v. Fortini, 44 Mass. App. Ct. 562 (1998) (Fortini I). The Supreme Judicial Court denied further appellate review. 427 Mass. 1106 (1998). The defendant filed a petition for a writ of habeas coipus in the United States District Court; the petition was denied. The denial was affirmed on appeal. Fortini v.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Fortini v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EspadaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. MoralesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. HaskellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
- Carvalho v. KennewayDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2020
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