Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harris
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 2, 1973PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The defendant was convicted of arson of a synagogue and of breaking and entering the synagogue in the nighttime with intent'to commit arson. Upon appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, the Appeals Court affirmed the convictions. Commonwealth v. Harris, Mass. App. Ct. (1973). a We granted further review to consider the single question whether in the circumstances it was error to allow the prosecution to impeach the defendant’s testimony by a prior inconsistent statement made to the police without compliance with the procedural safeguards required by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (1966). We…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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