Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Richards
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 24, 1998No. 96-P-0885PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
The primary issue on appeal in this case is whether the judge’s order denying the defendant’s motion under Mass.R.Crim.P. 29, 378 Mass. 899 (1979),1 is properly before us. The procedural background in which this issue has arisen unfolded as follows.
*479After the Commonwealth completed presentation of its case against the defendant at a bench trial in the Central District Court of Worcester on July 13, 1989, a judge found the defendant guilty of three counts of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior in violation of G. L. c. 272, § 16. The judge then conducted a sentencing hearing. Parts…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Aldoupolis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- McGuinness v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. LayneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SitkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by4 opinions
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