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Commonwealth v. Britt

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 2, 1971PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

Britt was indicted for the first degree murder of Carl Carrethers. A jury returned a verdict of guilty to so much of the indictment as charged murder in the second degree. Britt (in his appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) assigns as error the denial of motions for a directed verdict of not guilty. In this connection, he argues one point of evidence issue, discussed (with a statement of the pertinent facts) in part 2 of this opinion.

A principal witness against Britt was Mrs. Leona Smith. She lived with Carrethers and Edward Sims at a Roxbury apartment. She formerly “used to go out with”…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  2. Commonwealth v. PerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. ChapmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  4. Commonwealth v. LockeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
  5. McCarthy v. SimonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. PodlaskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977

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