Commonwealth v. Cass

392 Mass. 799 (1984)

467 N.E.2d 1324

COMMONWEALTH

vs.

DANIEL I. CASS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

October 5, 1983.

August 16, 1984.

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

Jerome Doyle for the defendant.

Don L. Carpenter, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

This case presents the question whether a viable fetus is a "person" for purposes of our vehicular homicide statute, G.L.c. 90, § 24G. At the request of both parties, a judge of the District Court reported the case to the Appeals Court on a statement of…