Legal Opinion
LaMorre v. Superintendent of Bridgewater State Hospital
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 1, 1964PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
Having been committed to the treatment center at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution (M.C.I.) at Bridgewater, the petitioner brought this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the county court to obtain his release.
On the basis of facts stipulated by the parties the single justice found as follows: “On October 5, 1959, the petitioner pleaded guilty to [an] indictment . . . [for] Indecent Assault & Battery . . . and [an] indictment . . . [for] Open & Gross Lewdness ... in the Middlesex Superior Court and was sentenced ... to 2%-3 years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. DagleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Commonwealth v. AckersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Le DonneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
3Cited by12 opinions
- AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Cornelius E. Sarzen v. Charles W. GaughanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Anivel J. Gomes v. Charles W. Gaughan, Superintendent, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- LambMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- TrimmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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