Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Benoit
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 10, 1983PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
On June 19, 1979, the defendant, Richard C. Benoit, was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree and armed robbery. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to a term of life imprisonment on each conviction, the sentences to be served concurrently. The defendant appealed from these convictions to this court and we reversed the defendant’s convictions and ordered a new trial. Commonwealth v. Benoit, 382 Mass. 210 (1981).
The indictments were then scheduled for retrial in the Superior Court in Suffolk County. The trial judge heard pretrial motions and the defendant subsequently sought…
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- United States v. Emanuel JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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