Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dunphy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 7, 1979PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C. J.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of unlawfully carving a firearm in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10(a), and sentenced to the minimum mandatory term of imprisonment for one year. The day after sentencing, the defendant filed a motion to have his guilty verdict set aside. See G. L. c. 278, § 11. The trial judge denied the motion, but stayed execution of the defendant’s sentence pending appeal.
The defendant duly appealed, assigning as error the denial of the above described motion. This court transferred the case here on its own motion. G. L. c. 211 A, § 10 (A). We find no error…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. SandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SeayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. RhoadesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BoransMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CorenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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