Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Beausoleil

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 3, 1986Published

1Opinion of the Court

397 Mass. 206 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 788

COMMONWEALTH

vs.

MICHAEL BEAUSOLEIL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

September 9, 1985.

April 3, 1986.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

Bertha D. Josephson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Susan M. Tombs for the defendant.

Leah W. Sprague, Special Assistant Attorney General, & Cathleen J. May, for Department of Public Welfare, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

LIACOS, J.

In this case we consider whether G.L.c. 273, § 12A (1984 ed.), providing for admission of the results of a blood…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  4. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974

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