Legal Opinion
Nassar v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1961PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
On September 17, 1948, the petitioners, Nassar and Pullino, were each indicted for the murder of one Kirmil which occurred on April 15, 1948. On May 20 they had been “bound over for the grand jury — no juvenile proceedings had.” At the time of the crime, each of them was sixteen years of age. On January 17,1949, each petitioner retracted a plea of not guilty of murder in the first degree, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State prison. They are now in custody in the Correctional Institution at Walpole under warrants based upon these…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pittsley v. DavidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Metcalf v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Wilson v. HeadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Commonwealth v. VaughnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Dexter v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NassarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- United States v. Honorable Edwin L. Mechem, United States District Judge, District of New Mexico, and Frankie ChavezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. YeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Patrick v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. BenoitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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