Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Collins
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 19, 1991No. 90-P-1348PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On October 15, 1982, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to so much of an indictment for murder as charged manslaughter and was sentenced to M.C.I., Walpole, for the time he had already served (2,536 days) plus three and one-half years, which was suspended with probation imposed for three and one-half years. The supervision of the defendant’s probation was thereafter transferred by the Hampden County Superior Court probation department to the State of Connecticut pursuant to G. L. c. 127, § 151A(2). In the normal course of events, the sentence would have expired on April 15, 1986. On July…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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