Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McCarthy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 29, 1982PublishedCited by 257 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams , J.
A Norfolk County grand jury indicted the defendant for assault with intent to rape. Prior to trial, the defendant moved to dismiss the indictments because the grand jurors had not heard any evidence that he had been involved in criminal activity. The trial judge denied the motion. After trial to a jury, the defendant was convicted. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord. Execution of the sentence was stayed by a single justice of the Appeals Court. See Commonwealth v. Allen, 379 Mass. 564, 565 n.1 (1980); Commonwealth v. Levin, 7…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by257 opinions
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