Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Toro
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 10, 1985PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On appeal the defendant, convicted of murder in the first degree and armed robbery, challenges the admission of certain evidence and the propriety of portions of the prosecutor’s closing argument. He also seeks relief under G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1984 ed.). We affirm the convictions.
About 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, 1981, a desk clerk at the Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge on the Southeast Express way in Boston was shot and killed. Approximately $385 was taken from a cash register. At the trial a bartender at the motor lodge and a motel patron identified the defendant as the robber. The principal…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by90 opinions
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