Legal Opinion
Williams v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 1966PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
350 Mass. 732 (1966)
216 N.E.2d 779
RUBIN WILLIAMS
vs.
COMMONWEALTH.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.
February 7, 1966.
May 17, 1966.
Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.
Anthony A. McManus (Ronald J. Chisholm with him) for the petitioner.
Brian E. Concannon, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.
REARDON, J.
This is a petition for a writ of error wherein the petitioner seeks to have vacated certain sentences imposed upon him in the District Court. The matter came before the single justice who reserved and reported it without decision…
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