Legal Opinion
Costarelli
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 25, 1979PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On January 21, 1974, the petitioner Costarelli was found guilty by a judge of the First District Court of Eastern Middlesex of the offenses of operating a *517motor vehicle without owner’s authority after revocation of his license to drive (G. L. c. 266, § 28), and possession of a controlled substance (Nembutal) (G. L. c. 94C, § 34). He was then informed by the clerk in routine fashion of his right to appeal. The clerk did not say that on appeal the petitioner would be entitled to a jury on a de novo trial. The petitioner did not appeal.
Three years later, on February 25,1977, the petitioner filed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ludwig v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Costarelli v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Costarelli v. PanoraDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1976
3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DuquetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Department of Youth Services v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. LoboMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SchofieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- United States v. HardyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1993
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