Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Saia
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 23, 1977PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
James J. Saia (James) and Charles J. Saia (Charles), having been indicted on various charges, each filed a pre-trial motion to suppress evidence, which motions were denied after hearing by a judge of the Superior Court. Their applications for interlocutory appeal of the judge’s rulings (G. L. c. 278, § 28E) were thereafter allowed by a single justice of this court who reported the matters without decision for the consideration of the full court.
We conclude that there was no error in the Superior Court judge’s denial of the motions to suppress evidence.
The facts are these. At 4:49 p.m. on…
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