Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Keevan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 10, 1987PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant was convicted of aggravated rape, kidnapping, and unarmed robbery.1 On March 8, 1985, he was sentenced to three concurrent terms of from five to ten years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole (now Cedar Junction). In this appeal, he argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the robbery conviction absent certain hearsay evidence; that he was denied his constitutional right to confront a witness against him; and that the judge erred in denying his motion to require the Commonwealth to elect which alleged act of sexual intercourse was the rape…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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- Commonwealth v. ChipmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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