Legal Opinion
Dirring
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 11, 1962PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
The petitioner is in custody of the respondent superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole in execution under criminal process. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 248, § 1. In 1958 he was convicted in the Superior Court of felonies described in G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 266, § 49 (possession of burglarious implements), and in G. L. c. 269, § 10, as amended through St. 1957, c. 688, § 23 (unlawfully carrying firearms). Also in 1958 he was committed to the custody of the respondent to serve, and is now serving, two concurrent sentences. At the hearing upon this petition for a writ of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Segurola v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Commonwealth v. SpoffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Harrington v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- In re LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Commonwealth v. MorrisseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. JacobsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- State v. RichterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- Cortellesso v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
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