Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 10, 1975PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree.
The defendant’s appeal (G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) is based on two grounds: (1) “that the finding of malice, implicit in the murder verdict, was most inappropriate,” and thus this court, in the proper exercise of its powers under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, should either grant a new trial or order that the verdict be reduced to manslaughter; and (2) that the trial judge erred “by failing to charge the jury with specificity concerning evidence of the deceased’s violent and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. NordstromMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. RansomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. GauldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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