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Commonwealth v. Satterfield

Citations

  • 284 N.E.2d 216
  • 362 Mass. 78
  • 1972 Mass. LEXIS 759

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  • kicking the victim to death; no evidence of the victim’s consciousness
  • crime committed with such savagery and brutality as to constitute murder committed with extreme atrocity or cruelty
  • crime committed with such savagery and brutality as to constitute murder committed with extreme atrocity or cruelty
  • crime committed with such savagery and brutality as to constitute murder committed with extreme atrocity or cruelty
  • Hawaiian statute adopted from predecessor of G. L. c. 265, § 1, not void for uncertainty
  • crime committed with such savagery and brutality as to constitute murder committed with extreme atrocity or cruelty

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey

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