Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Blaikie
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 24, 1986PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On September 3, 1980, a Suffolk County grand jury handed up an indictment charging the defendant with armed robbery. On November 7, 1980, a Suffolk County grand jury indicted the defendant on six more charges (including armed robbery, kidnapping, and armed assault with intent to rob) involved in three additional and separate criminal episodes. The defendant failed to appear in court to answer to the set of indictments handed up in November, i.e., he defaulted. He did not come into court until after he was arrested and incarcerated in Middlesex County on June 1, 1981, in connection with a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Manning v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FoleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. AquafrescaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BartonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. HarveyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
- Ledbetter v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
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