Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vaughn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 30, 1952PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree in the killing, by assaulting and beating, of Roger Brown on August 11, 1949, in an area known as Washington Park in the Roxbury district of Boston. The jury recommended that the sentence of death be not imposed, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 265, § 2, as appearing in St. 1951, c. 203. The case is here on appeal under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. A second indictment charging assault with intent to rob Roger Brown, on which the defendant was likewise convicted, was placed…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Andres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Duncan v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Attorney General v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Department of Youth Services v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Robert Breest v. Raymond Helgemoe, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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