Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Matos
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 17, 1985PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant appealed his convictions of possession of burglarious implements and breaking and entering in the nighttime of an apartment in the North End of Boston. The Appeals Court reversed the judgments of conviction because the jury instructions did not comply with Commonwealth v. Toney, 385 Mass. 575, 584-585 (1982). Commonwealth v. Matos, 18 Mass. App. Ct. 212 (1984). We granted the Commonwealth’s application for further appellate review. G. L. c. 211A, § 11. Mass. R. App. P. 27.1(f), as amended, 367 Mass. 921 (1975). We agree with the Appeals Court that the judge’s denial of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. McDuffeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Ralph Melvin Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Commonwealth v. ReidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by24 opinions
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