Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Devereaux
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 10, 1926PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These defendants were indicted and convicted of murder in the first degree after a trial free from error in law. 256 Mass. 387. The defendants thereafter were sentenced to pay the penalty required by the statute. Then they severally filed motions for a new trial.
The motion filed by Devereaux, hereafter called the defendant, will be considered first. It is stated in that motion that evidence has been newly discovered to the effect in substance that he was insane and "absolutely irresponsible and not appreciative of the significance between right and wrong.” The motion was accompanied by…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. DevereauxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. BoraskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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