Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Eagan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 8, 1970PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The defendant was convicted under an indictment charging him with being an accessory after the fact to the crime of kidnapping. G. L. c. 274, § 4. The indictment was tried with two indictments, in which Charles J. Flynn and Paul Souza, respectively, were charged with the crime of kidnapping. The trial was subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. The case is here on Eagan’s appeal.
The alleged crime grew out of an incident that occurred in Tewksbury on August 25, 1968. The Commonwealth presented evidence of the following. One Manuel Nobrega, a self-confessed bookmaker of Lowell, testified that he…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Marshall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. SubiloskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. BellinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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