Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 1952PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCounihan, J.
On an indictment for armed robbery the defendant has been found guilty and sentenced. The case is here upon an exception of the defendant to a ruling of the judge relating to evidence tending to support an alibi of the defendant, principally relied upon by him in defence.
During the cross-examination of the defendant the assistant district attorney inquired as follows: “Assistant district attorney: You say you were driving Mongold to Norfolk prison colony at the time of the robbery? The defendant: Yes I was. Assistant district attorney: You know, don’t you, that the records at the Norfolk…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jennings v. RooneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Commonwealth v. CorcoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Commonwealth v. GalvinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Mahoney v. GoochMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Sullivan v. BrabasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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