Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Evans
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 20, 2014No. SJC 10873PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
The defendant was indicted for the armed robbery and murder of Paula Doherty. The victim was last seen alive on Saturday, September 30, 2006, at her Medford residence, where she, a friend, the defendant, and the defendant’s nephew had been using cocaine. When the friend left at 5:30 p.m. that afternoon, the defendant had passed out in a chair in the victim’s room and the victim was preparing to go to sleep. On Monday, October 2, after the victim failed to return telephone calls, the friend went to the victim’s house to check on her, and discovered the body of the victim, who had been beaten…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Simon v. SolomonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. BeckettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. LallyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. ScesnyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. WebsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. BruneauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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