Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Giordano
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 31, 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of an escape on May 8, 1977, from the Franklin County house of correction. His principal contention on appeal is that the Commonwealth failed to sustain its burden of proving that he was held in lawful custody at the time of his admitted departure without permission from the institution. There was evidence that the defendant had been in custody at the Adult Correctional Institution at Cranston, Rhode Island, and that on May 4,1977, two Massachusetts State troopers transported the defendant from the Rhode Island institution to the Franklin County house…
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