Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Galvin
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 22, 1989No. 87-1202PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The defendant appeals from convictions by a District Court jury of operating a motor vehicle so as to endanger, leaving the scene of an accident after causing personal injury, and speeding. He argues error in the admission of evidence of his registration plate number and in certain remarks of the prosecutor in her closing argument.
Excluding for the moment the challenged testimony, we sketch the essential evidence. On July 7, 1986, between 8:40 and 9:00 p.m., a car driven by Elizabeth Butler was struck from behind by a brown Chevrolet Camaro automobile which, within seconds, left the scene.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. EarltopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. ClaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- United States v. Michael A. Picciandra, United States of America v. A. Russell Lucid, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Commonwealth v. BookmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BurnsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
- United States v. One Ford 198X Mustang, Vehicle Identification No. 1FAB42E5JF290177District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1990
- Boehmer v. LeBoeufSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
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