Legal Opinion

Callahan v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 4, 1994PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Michael P. Callahan (petitioner) has appealed from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying relief on his petition filed pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3 (1992 ed.). We affirm.

The underlying dispute concerns a sentence imposed on the petitioner in the Superior Court upon acceptance of his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with armed robbery. The Superior Court judge who accepted the plea imposed a sentence of from six to ten years’ imprisonment in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. The petitioner sought review of the sentence by the Appellate…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LayneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. Patrick v. DunbarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  3. Burnham v. Clerk of First District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  4. ClarkMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Gorod v. TabachnickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. RodgersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
  3. Davis v. TabachnickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
  4. Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  5. Morales v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997

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