Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Anderson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 13, 1990PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court found the defendant, Bruce W. Anderson, guilty of the murder in the first degree of Katherine Anderson, his wife, by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal, the defendant claims error in the judge’s instructions to the jury as to: (1) the provocation which will reduce murder to manslaughter; and (2) the need for them to consider of all possible verdicts and to return a verdict of guilty of the high est crime proved by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. We reject the defendant’s claims. We also conclude that there is no…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. BaschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. BousquetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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