Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gomes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 8, 1995PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
A complaint was entered in the Palmer District Court charging the defendant, Domingos Gomes, with assault and battery. The defendant waived his right to a jury trial and was tried before a judge in the Springfield District Court on November 4 and 5, 1992. At issue in this appeal by the Commonwealth1 is the validity of the trial judge’s order continuing the defendant’s case without a finding. This order was entered at the request of the defendant, over the objec*631tian of the prosecutor, after the judge had already found the defendant guilty of the crime charged. At the conclusion of the closing…
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