Legal Opinion
Guerin v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 7, 1958PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
In this petition for a writ of error a single justice has reported for our determination the correctness of his order allowing the petitioner’s motion that the Commonwealth furnish the petitioner a free transcript of the evidence taken at his trial on the merits at which he was convicted of incest, statutory rape, and committing unnatural acts. The petitioner alleges in his motion that he is an indigent person, and that without a copy of the transcript, which “is essential and dependent upon the evidence of his case,” he cannot effectively “present his argument upon his writ of error ” He…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Blankenburg v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Berlandi v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Dolan v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. McDonaldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Lannon v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Hansen v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Sandrelli v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Enbinder v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Guerin v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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