Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Franklin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 21, 1974PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
The defendant challenges, under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, his convictions of rape and armed robbery alleging certain errors of both a procedural and substantive nature. We reverse the convictions and remand the cases for a new trial in the Superior Court for reasons that will appear below.
The parties appear to agree that the procedural history of the cases is as follows, although not all of it may be gleaned from the record. The defendant was originally arrested on February 19, 1972. On February 22, 1972, delinquent child complaints were issued against him by the Boston Juvenile Court…
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