Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Aldoupolis

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 16, 1983PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.

Subsequent to our decision in Aldoupolis v. Commonwealth, 386 Mass. 260 (1982), the defendants were allowed to withdraw guilty pleas previously entered in prosecutions for rape and other offenses which allegedly occurred in Norfolk County. The empanelling of jurors commenced on April 4, 1983, in the Superior Court in Norfolk County. The attempt to obtain an impartial venire in Norfolk County was unsuccessful, and the defendants moved for, and were granted, a change of venue to Hampden County. As a result of their concern over the substantial expense and inconvenience of conducting a trial in…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Platt v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Crocker v. Justices of the Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  4. United States v. Carlos MarcelloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. Aldoupolis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982

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  5. Commonwealth v. CummingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013

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