Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McGrath
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 16, 1972PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
On July 17, 1967, the defendant was convicted by a jury on one indictment charging him with the crime of armed robbery and two indictments charging him with the crimes of assault by means of a dangerous weapon, all allegedly committed on March 29, 1967. He was sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole on each indictment. No appeal therefrom to this court was perfected by or on behalf of the defendant.
On April 10, 1970, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial on the following grounds: (1) “The pretrial identification of defendant was so unnecessarily suggestive…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BotelhoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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