Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Susi

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 9, 1985PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.

On August 30, 1983, a Middlesex County grand jury indicted the defendant, Frank J. Susi, for armed robbery and two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. A jury found him guilty on the indictments, and he was sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord for a term of twenty years. The defendant filed a notice of appeal, and we transferred the case to this court on our own motion.

At about midnight on the night of November 21, 1982, a robbery occurred at a restaurant in Watertown. Three restaurant employees, Kevin Mark Dennis, Richard Binell, and Marie Sweeney,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  2. Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. HamptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. MahoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. McCoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010

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