Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 11, 2011PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In February, 1994, a jury found the defendants, *658Frank DiBenedetto3 and Louis R. Costa, guilty of murder in the first degree of Joseph John Bottari and Frank Angelo Chiuchiolo.4 The events giving rise to the charges occurred on February 19, 1986. The defendants were first tried in 1988, and a jury found them both guilty of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. This court reversed the convictions.5 Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto, 414 Mass. 37, 38-39, 44 (1992) (DiBenedetto I).
The defendants were tried again in 1994. Richard Storella,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- New Hampshire v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Alternative System Concepts, Inc. v. Synopsys, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. Cowels (SJC 11630) Commonwealth v. MimsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. LessieurMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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