Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1938PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*622On May 26, 1938, the order was transmitted to the Justices, who, on June 6, 1938, returned the following answer:
To The Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit this answer to the question proposed in an order adopted on the twenty-fifth day of May, 1938, a copy whereof is hereto annexed.
It is provided by art. 12 of Part I of the Constitution of the Commonwealth that “No subject shall be . . . compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself.” Defendants in criminal causes could not be witnesses until the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Twining v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Attorney General v. PelletierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Emery's caseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Carlos Garza De Luna v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- People v. ModestoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
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