Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Corcoran
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 2, 1955PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCounihan, J.
The defendant was indicted for an assault with intent to commit rape. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 265, § 24. After a trial before a judge, the defendant having waived a jury, the defendant moved for a finding of not guilty. We treat the motion as a request for a ruling that upon all the evidence a finding of guilty could not be made by the judge. Commonwealth v. Capitol Theatre, Inc. 325 Mass. 146, 148. The judge denied the motion, found the defendant guilty, and imposed sentence. The case comes here upon the defendant's appeal and upon an assignment of error that the denial of his motion “was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TorrealbaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. HollisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Commonwealth v. BarberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Commonwealth v. DerbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. LelandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GeaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. CaritaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Commonwealth v. SevieriMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. HughesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. EdgerlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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