Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Riley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1956PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
Prior to the trial of the defendant in the Superior Court, the presiding judge, acting under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, § 30A, inserted by St. 1954, c. 528, reported to this court certain questions of law.
The defendant appealed to the Superior Court from a judgment of the First District Court of Barnstable finding him guilty of operating a motor vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered.
Before filing a general plea of not guilty in the Superior Court the defendant filed a motion to quash and a plea in abatement, each grounded on the allegations (1) that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Lebowitch v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Commonwealth v. VenturaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Commonwealth v. LombardoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Commonwealth v. MoscatielloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WadeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. HanleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Ahearn v. WalshMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1980
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