Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Whitman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 6, 2009PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In the early morning of September 14, 2001, while his friend Matthew Valli slept, the defendant repeatedly stabbed him, killing him, and then, using a different knife, stabbed another friend, Brooke Pelletier, while she slept, injuring her. A jury rejected the defendant’s claim that he was not criminally responsible under the standards set forth in Commonwealth v. McHoul, 352 Mass. 544, 546-547 (1967), and convicted him of murder in the first degree (of Valli) by reason of deliberate premeditation.1 In addition, the jury convicted the defendant of armed assault with intent to murder Pelletier…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. MartinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SylviaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. ShanleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. AndradeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. DurandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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