Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 9, 2010PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberate premeditation. He was also convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawfully discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. The defendant appeals from certain of his convictions1 and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. On appeal, counsel for the defendant claims that the defendant’s motions to suppress his statements to the police should have been allowed because he did not waive his Miranda rights and his statements were not made voluntarily. The…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. DelgadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TrinhMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. AkaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. McWilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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