Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Watkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 27, 1997PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
On June 28, 1994, Lonnie Watkins was convicted by a jury on two indictments charging armed robbery, G. L. c. 265, § 17, and two indictments charging murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-*831murder, G. L. c. 265, § 1. The trial judge in the Superior Court sentenced Watkins to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment on the murder convictions, and two terms of from fifteen to twenty years on the armed robbery convictions.1
Watkins appeals from these convictions. He maintains that the judge erred by permitting jurors to decide individually, rather than…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Victor v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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