Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dilone
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 16, 1982PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the second degree of Miguel A. Frometa. He raises numerous claims of error and seeks under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, a new trial or, alternatively, that we direct that the degree of guilt be reduced to manslaughter. There are no grounds for reversal of the conviction. The record does not warrant our ordering under § 33E either a new trial or a reduction in the degree of guilt.
Frometa was shot shortly after 5 p.m. on September 22, 1978, in La Bahia Restaurant in Lawrence. There was evidence that earlier in the day the defendant and the victim…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MoonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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