Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Woodward
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 16, 1998PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
On the afternoon of February 4, 1997, an eight month old child, Matthew Happen, was rushed to Children’s Hospital in Boston with a severe head injury. Despite emergency treatment, Matthew’s condition deteriorated, and he died on February 9, 1997. On March 5, 1997, a Middlesex County grand jury returned an indictment against the defendant, Louise Woodward, for the murder of Matthew. She subsequently was ordered held without bail. Woodward had worked as an au pair for the Happen family since November, 1996. Matthew was in Woodward’s sole care from the morning of February 4, on the departure of…
2Cases cited111 opinions
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- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by102 opinions
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