Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Clary
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 29, 1983PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant, Susan M. Clary, was found guilty by a jury of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The trial judge put her on probation for two years. The defendant then appealed to the Appeals Court, asserting error in the trial judge’s (1) denying her motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) denying her defense counsel’s motion to withdraw from representation in order for counsel to testify; (3) permitting introduction of an allegedly inflammatory and immaterial statement by the victim; and (4) allowing certain allegedly irrelevant, inflammatory, and nonevidentiary remarks…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by110 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Irwin v. Town of WareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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