Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Clark

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 13, 1973PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.

The defendants were found guilty of murder in the second degree of one Leonard Vincent Cas-tronova, and additionally the defendant Maurice Williams was found guilty of unlawfully carrying a firearm. Both defendants received life sentences, and Williams received a concurrent sentence for a term of years on the gun charge. The case taken under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, is before us with the transcript of evidence, exhibits, and the defendants’ assignments of error.

The evidence tended to show the following. On May 21, 1970, Castronova and one Mark Silverio drove to the Grove Hall section of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  4. Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975

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