Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lumley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 28, 1975PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The defendant is here on an amended bill of exceptions after conviction under an indictment charging robbery. He was also tried and found not guilty under indictments charging him with the commission of an unnatural and lascivious act and assault and battery. We overrule the exceptions.
In this case, we are required once again to consider the scope and applicability of the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Ham v. South Carolina, 409 U. S. 524 (1973). In Commonwealth v. Ross, 363 Mass. 665 (1973), cert. den. 414 U. S. 1080 (1973), we said that “ [w]e do not believe that the Ham case…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Tehan v. United States ex rel. ShottSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Aldridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Ristaino v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. ShelineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. HobbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SandersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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