Legal Opinion
Gibney v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 2, 1978PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
These are appeals from judgments denying issuance of writs of error and dismissing the petitions filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk. Because the petitions were on judgments for manslaughter, the provisions of G. L. c. 250, § 11, apply, and issuance of the writs rested in the sound discretion of the single justice. The sole issue before this court is therefore whether the single justice abused his discretion. Aronson v. Commonwealth, 331 Mass. 599, 601 (1954). McGarty v. Commonwealth, 326 Mass. 413, 414-415 (1950). We hold that in these two cases he did not.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Earl v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Delle Chiaie v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. PenroseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- McGarty v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Aronson v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AdamidesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- Lannon v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. HawleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- George McLaughlin v. Harold Gabriel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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