Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Doherty
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 22, 1967PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
Donald E. Landry (Ema Landry) and James J. Connor (indicted as John Doe) were found guilty of murder in the first degree of Eobert W. Davis. There was evidence to show that the crime was committed shortly before 3 a.m. on May 1,1965. The jury recommended that the death penalty not be imposed. William E. Doherty and his wife, Janice M. Doherty, were found guilty of being accessories before the fact to murder in the first degree with recommendation that the death penalty not be imposed. Both Dohertys were also found guilty of being accessories after the fact to murder.
The trials were held…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Paul A. Gorin v. United States of America, Henry Grillo v. United States of America, Saul Glassman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963
- Commonwealth v. BalliroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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