Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 7, 1969PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.

In these cases two defendants appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions for breaking and entering a dwelling house in the nighttime with intent to steal, and for possession of burglarious implements. The defendant Ronald G. Surette also appeals from his conviction for unlawfully carrying a revolver under his control in an automobile. We state the facts as the jury could have found them from the reported testimony.

On the evening of April 17, 1967, about 8 p.m., as a result of a telephone call to the Boston Police Department, three police officers (Daniel Fallon and John Diggins…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. Preston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Cooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. BondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. DellingerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. KrasnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  5. State v. LopezConnecticut Appellate Court · 1985

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