Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Elliot
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 1985PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of rape and of breaking and entering a *825dwelling house in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony. He was sentenced to terms of eight to twelve years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, to be served concurrently with each other and with any sentence then being served. We granted the defendant’s application for direct appellate review of his convictions and of the denial of his motion for a new trial. The defendant alleges that he is entitled to a new trial on four grounds: (1) error by the trial judge in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BergstromMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. StockhammerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. DrumgoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. FanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Barresi v. MaloneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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