Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 7, 1985PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The defendants were tried by a jury and convicted of armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the holdup of a convenience store in Brockton on November 5, 1979. At their arraignment on January 28, 1980, the defendants told the judge they did not want to be represented by counsel. Nevertheless, the judge appointed Mr. Thomas A. Hensley to represent the defendant Lee, and Mr. John Tara to represent the defendant Shaw. Although counsel had been appointed, the defendants represented themselves from that time until the jury had been selected at the trial in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Ronald Maynard v. Larry MeachumCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Don Garriga Chapman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. MeansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. ConefreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
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