Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cook
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 27, 1966PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
On an indictment charging him with the murder of William John Treannie at Boston on November 8, 1964, the defendant Cook at a trial held subject to G-. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G-, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The case is before us on appeal under G-. L. c. 278, § 33E, as amended through St. 1962, c. 453.
Treannie was shot to death by two bullets which lodged in his brain. His body, decapitated and dismembered, was found by police in suitcases and a quilt at a vacant lot on November 13, 1964.
The evidence established that Treannie was killed in an apartment at 1585 Washington…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Commonwealth v. KiernanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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3Cited by37 opinions
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