Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lewis

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 21, 1976PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

There is no question whatsoever as to the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant convictions on both the remaining indictments. None of the other assignments of error is based on an exception (see Commonwealth v. Ferguson, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 796 [1975]), and there is nothing in the record (or in the probation report marked for identification) to suggest that a “ ‘substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice’ (Commonwealth v. Freeman, 352 Mass. 556, 564 [1967]) will result from our following the usual rule of refusing to pass on exceptions not taken (Commonwealth v. Foley, 358 Mass. 233, 236…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. FoleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  4. Commonwealth v. O'NeilMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HannafordMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. HollandMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980

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