Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Faust
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 25, 1996PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant, James Faust, appeals from his conviction, in the Lowell Division of the District Court in Middlesex County (Lowell court), of escape by a prisoner. See G. L. c. 268, § 16 (1994 ed.). He asserts that the Lowell *299court was an improper venue for his trial and that the proper venue was Suffolk County. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm the defendant’s conviction.
The relevant facts are not in dispute.1 The defendant was lawfully convicted by a jury of six in the Cambridge Division of the District Court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Alvarado v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. HughesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. ArmstrongMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008