Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Anderson
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 12, 1980PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant, convicted after a jury trial in the Superior Court of the crimes of rape and assault, contends on this appeal that he has been deprived of his right to a speedy trial as required by the Sixth (by reason of the Fourteenth) Amendment to the United States Constitution and by art. 11 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. He requests that the order denying his motion for a new trial (G. L. c. 278, § 29), based solely on that ground, be reversed, that the convictions and judgments be set aside, and that the matter be remanded to the Superior Court with instructions to dismiss…
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