Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fanelli
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 21, 1992PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
On September 6, 1987, Brookline police officers, responding to a telephone call, saw the defendant, Richard J. Fanelli, run out of the rear door of a home. The defendant was apprehended and placed under arrest. Property identified by its owners was found on the defendant’s person, along with a flashlight, a screwdriver, and a small amount of cocaine. The defendant pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in the nighttime, larceny of property of a value over one hundred dollars, possession of burglarious tools, and possession of a class B substance (cocaine).
The defendant pro se subsequently…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lefkowitz v. NewsomeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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