Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cook
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 1977PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The defendant’s conviction of murder in the second degree was affirmed in Commonwealth v. Cook, 351 Mass. 231, cert. denied, 385 U.S. 981 (1966). Thereafter he sought a new trial under G. L. c. 278, § 29, and the judge reported the case to the Appeals Court without decision under G. L. c. 278, § 30A, so far as necessary to present the following question: “Was the defendant denied due process of law by the admission of the uncounseled records of conviction in the absence of any limiting instruction by the trial judge.” We transferred the case here on our own motion and answer the question in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- William M. Gilday, Jr. v. Palmer C. ScafatiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Commonwealth v. BoudreauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Joseph Subilosky v. Robert J. Moore, as He is Superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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- Commonwealth v. MoynihanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. FanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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