Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wilcox
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 20, 2002PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
After hearing six days of evidence during a three-month period, a Suffolk County grand jury indicted the defendant on charges of armed robbery and home invasion. The defendant moved for discovery of the grand jury attendance records to ascertain whether at least twelve of the grand jurors who voted to indict him1 had heard “all of the evidence” presented against him. (Of particular concern to the defendant was whether fewer than the required minimum of twelve grand jurors voting to indict him had heard certain exculpatory evidence, including evidence suggesting that he had been erroneously…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- United States v. Nunzio Provenzano, in 81-2411. Appeal of Irving Cotler, in 81-2412Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ArroyoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. MathewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. ClemmeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. PerellaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
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