Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Devlin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 22, 1974PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant Devlin appeals from a conviction of manslaughter in the death of one John James Rooney, Jr., on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. The defendant Wilson appeals from a conviction of being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter on an indictment charging him with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Rooney. See G. L. c. 274, § 4. The cases were tried together before a jury under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.
In June, 1971, a human torso, badly decomposed, a hatchet imbedded in its chest, and missing its head, both hands, its…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by59 opinions
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