Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tatro
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 13, 1976PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.
The defendant was convicted of manslaughter, armed robbery, and assault by means of a dangerous weapon after a trial in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.
Evidence was introduced from which the jury could have found that the defendant was one of a group of five young men who robbed the Venus Medical Center in Ware. The defendant and two of the others met on the morning of February 7, 1973, in Warren and agreed to break into the Warren town hall that night to steal money. The defendant and three others met again at 6:30 that night, drove to Ware, and purchased and consumed…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Kuklis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. HoseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. NadwornyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- State v. SpatesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Commonwealth v. AngivoniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1989
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