Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Coleman

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 23, 1984Published

1Opinion of the Court

390 Mass. 797 (1984)

461 N.E.2d 157

COMMONWEALTH

vs.

HAYWARD L. COLEMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

October 4, 1983.

January 23, 1984.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

Robert L. Sheketoff for the defendant.

John P. Corbett, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

LIACOS, J.

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Hayward L. Coleman, was found guilty on September 23, 1981, by a judge in the Superior Court of aggravated rape, kidnapping, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. The judge sentenced the…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. GraysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  4. Vincent E. Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  5. Joseph L. Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966

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