Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Simmonds
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 12, 1982PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The defendant was tried to a jury and found guilty of assault with intent to rape (G. L. c. 265, § 24), breaking and entering a dwelling in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, and making an assault on an occupant therein (G. L. c. 266, § 14). Prior to trial, the trial judge denied the defendant’s motion to suppress identifications of him made at a lineup by the victim and a witness to these offenses and a victim of an unrelated offense. The defendant received a sentence of life imprisonment on the breaking and entering indictment and a sentence of from five to seven years on the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. BotelhoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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