Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Groome
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 5, 2001PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree (committed with deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty).1 On appeal, the defendant argues that his confession should have been suppressed and that the judge erred in not instructing the jury on voluntary manslaughter. He also asks that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce the verdict or grant him a new trial. We decline to reduce the verdict or order a new trial, and affirm the conviction.
1. Facts. On Monday morning, December 8, 1997, the body of the defendant’s girl friend, Elsie Korpela, was…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Stansbury v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by108 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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