Legal Opinion
McHoul v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 1974PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
By a petition for a writ of error, the petitioner challenges the constitutionality of sentences which were imposed on him to be served from and after a prison term he is now serving. This matter comes to us on a reservation and report by a single justice of this court on the pleadings and a statement of agreed facts. He has also reported to us his decision overruling a demurrer to the petition.
The challenged sentences were imposed in the following circumstances. In August, 1962, the petitioner was charged in four indictments with assault with intent to rape and related offences arising from a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Osborne v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Lena v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Rubera v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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