Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 10, 2009PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
After his first trial ended in a mistrial,1 the defendant was convicted of the murders in the first degree of Jay Schlosser and Heather Buchanan, on the theories of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder.2 He appealed from his convictions and from the denial of his post-conviction motions for a new trial and for postconviction discovery. The defendant argues that the trial judge erred in the *309admission and exclusion of certain evidence; the prosecutor erred in failing to disclose material evidence and in exceeding the proper scope of closing argument; and the…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. McGeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. BizanowiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. BellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. DameMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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