Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Young
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 21, 1950PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The defendant was found guilty by a judge of the Superior Court, sitting without jury, of manslaughter in causing the death of one Thomas Rivers. The trial was held under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended, and after imposition of sentence the defendant appealed to this court, assigning as error the denial of his motion for a finding of not guilty. We consider this denial as equivalent to a ruling that the evidence warranted a finding against the defendant. See Commonwealth v. Carter, 306 Mass. 141, 143.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Commonwealth v. BedrosianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Powers v. SturtevantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Commonwealth v. PetersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. ParsonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Chisley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Maiorana v. MacDonaldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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