Legal Opinion
Stearns
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 20, 1961PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is a petition to the Superior Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to be served on the superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, hereinafter called the respondent. It is alleged that the petitioner was arrested on or about January 9, 1946, and charged with assault with intent to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. He was confined at the Middlesex County House of Correction and Jail at East Cambridge from January 10 to February 8, 1946, and then from February 8 to March 18,1946, at the Metropolitan State Hospital for observation.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chambers's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Gildea v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Le DonneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- GentileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Klier v. Building Inspector of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Nelson v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Pina v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Hennessy v. SUPERINTENDENT, MASS. CORRECTIONAL INST.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Nason v. Superintendent of Bridgewater State HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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