Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 24, 2008PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Gregory Cormier, under *895theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty, and of armed assault with intent to murder Wayne Jackson on June 10, 1994, in Milton. On appeal he argues that a new trial is required because (1) the jury were instructed on both principal and joint venture theories of liability but the evidence was insufficient to support a theory that the defendant was the principal, and the jury were not asked to specify the theory of liability on which their verdict rested,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. EarltopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. TrinhMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. BoisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Irwin v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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