Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. D'Amour
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 27, 1999PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
We allowed the defendant’s application for direct appellate review of her convictions of peijury (two indictments) and attempted peijury (one indictment). A single justice of this court reserved and reported the correctness of the denial of the defendant’s motion to dismiss the conspiracy indictment against her on grounds of double jeopardy. The cases were consolidated. We affirm the convictions of peijury and attempted peijury. We conclude that the indictment charging conspiracy to murder should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.
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