Legal Opinion
Allen v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 27, 1949PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
On October 7, 1932, the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the petitioner, was indicted for murder in the second degree and pleaded not guilty. On October 25 he was put to trial before a jury in the Superior Court and was found guilty. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life —• the punishment prescribed by our statute for the offence charged. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 265, § 2. Nearly sixteen years later, on July 2, 1948, he sued out his writ of error in this court, assigning as error that he was tried without the benefit of counsel in violation of his rights under art. 12 of the Declaration…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Rice v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Indiana v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. BinkiewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Pino v. Nicolls (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
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