Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pezzano
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 4, 1982PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
We are asked, by a question reported by a judge of the Superior Court,2 to decide whether art. 12 of *70the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution3 was offended by the presence of a State police officer during the examination of certain witnesses before the grand jury. We conclude that the presence of the officer in these circumstances was prohibited by art. 12. We conclude further that the defendants’ motions to dismiss the indictments should have been allowed.
The defendants were indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury in July, 1978, on counts of armed robbery and kidnapping,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. BookmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Lebowitch v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. FavulliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. AngiuloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. IanelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. ConefreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- WBZ-TV4 v. District Attorney for the Suffolk DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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