Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 21, 1952PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of error.
On September 29, 1948, the petitioner was found guilty by a jury on an indictment charging him with robbery while armed, and on the same day he was sentenced to the State prison for not more than twenty-five years and not less than twenty years. Thereupon he began to serve his sentence. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 279, §§ 3A, 4, as appearing in St. 1935, c. 437, §§ 2, 3. On October 14, 1948, he filed his appeal to this court. We held that the evidence would not warrant a conviction for robbery, but that the verdict could stand as a verdict of guilty of…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Ex Parte Tobias WatkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Murphy v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Commonwealth v. NovickiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Murphy v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Eddie W. Patton v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Commonwealth v. ConroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- United States v. Simeon Jessamy CokeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Commonwealth v. FranksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Patton v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1966
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