Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ferrara
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 20, 1975PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
These are appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33H. The defendants had been indicted and tried for the murder of George Pratt, and a jury returned verdicts of guilty of manslaughter against both defendants.
The defendants argue multiple assignments of error. We have concluded that they must have a new trial by reason of constitutional error in the denials of their motions to be allowed to use, in cross-examination, records of the juvenile offenses of a witness introduced by the Commonwealth.
We have considered only such other assignments of error as are likely to have a bearing on the new trials.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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