Legal Opinion
Jones v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1954PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This is a petition for writ of error to reverse two sentences against the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the petitioner, each imposed by the Superior Court in the county of Middlesex oh November 21, 1929, and each upon an indictment for the offence of breaking and entering a dwelling house in the night time with the intent to commit larceny therein. Each sentence was for not less than twelve nor more than twenty years. The second of the two sentences was to take effect from and after the expiration of the first.
The petition is inartificially drawn, but nevertheless sufficiently…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- House v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- De Meerleer v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McInerneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CavanaughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. BettencourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BinkiewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Lannon v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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