Legal Opinion
Couture v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 3, 1958PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
This is a petition for a writ of error to set aside judgments in three criminal cases.
On December 5, 1951, the grand jury for Suffolk County returned three indictments charging the petitioner with having committed the following offences on September 23, 1942: (1) assault with intent to murder whilejparmed, (2) carrying a weapon without a license, and (3) assault with intent to rob while armed. Each indictment contained an allegation that between September 23, 1942, and the date of the indictment the petitioner “was not usually and publicly resident within the said Commonwealth.” During the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Ellsworth P. Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Traxler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- Berlandi v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ShanleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- State v. AnsellCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1984
- Commonwealth v. DixonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Sandrelli v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Commonwealth v. DavidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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