Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vith Ly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 6, 2007PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In 1990, following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of kidnapping, indecent assault and battery (three indictments), assault with intent to rape, and rape (two indictments). The judge sentenced the defendant to three five-year terms and three twenty-year terms to be served concurrently at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI, Concord). The defendant was incarcerated for a period of two months, but he was released after a single justice of the Appeals Court allowed his motion to stay the execution of his sentences pending appeal. In 1991, in…
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