Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DeVasto
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 10, 1979PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The defendant, an inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole (Walpole), was tried, with two other inmates, to a jury in the Superi- or Court on indictments charging each of them with attempted escape and assault and battery upon an officer of a correctional institution (see G. L. c. 127, § 38B). The incident which gave rise to the indictments occurred in the garage area of the Middlesex County courthouse while all three inmates were being transported from Walpole to the courthouse for court appearances. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on the assault and battery…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- James Edward Kennedy v. Harold J. Cardwell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Robert L. SamuelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Commonwealth v. HoganMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
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- Commonwealth v. SciontiMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2012
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