Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cabrera
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 12, 2007PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant, Robert Cabrera, appeals from his conviction in Superior Court of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony.1 The grounds for his *826appeal are that the Superior Court judge who denied the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence wrongly invoked collateral estoppel; and that the defendant’s conviction violates principles of double jeopardy. We transferred this case from the Appeals Court on our own motion to consider the defendant’s claims. We affirm the conviction.
1. Factual background and procedural history. We summarize briefly the facts, leaving…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Morey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- United States v. John Christopher DoyleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by32 opinions
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