Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Borans
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 14, 1983PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
After his convictions were affirmed, see Commonwealth v. Borans, 379 Mass. 117 (1979), David Borans was subpoenaed by the Commonwealth to testify in the related trial of one William Reinstein. Borans refused to answer questions at Reinstein’s trial, asserting the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. See U.S. Const, amend. V; art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. The judge ruled that Borans had waived that privilege, and adjudged Borans guilty of criminal contempt under the summary procedures of Mass. R. Crim. P. 43, 378 Mass. 919 (1979). The defendant appealed.…
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