Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wilson
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 20, 2012No. 11-P-1143PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The defendant, Barry Wilson, a criminal defense attorney, appeals from the entry of a judgment of summary criminal contempt against him pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 43, 378 Mass. 919 (1979). The summary contempt finding occurred during Wilson’s representation of Garrett Jackson, a criminal defendant charged with murder in the first degree. After a guilty verdict was returned in that case, the judge, after a hearing, sentenced Wilson on the finding of summary criminal contempt to ninety days in the house of correction. Wilson filed a timely appeal.1
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Taylor v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sacher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Pounders v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Sussman v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Vizcaino v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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