Legal Opinion
Lataille v. District Court of Eastern Hampden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 1974PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
The petitioner (hereafter referred to as the defendant) in this case asks that we rule that a person accused of a crime has a right to a probable cause hearing in all cases, irrespective of a supervening indictment, unless the Commonwealth is able to advance a substantial and paramount interest overriding the asserted right to a probable cause hearing.
The defendant seeks relief in this court after unsuccessful recourse to a judge of the Superior Court. The petition comes before us on appeal from an order of a single justice of this court sustaining the respondents’ demurrers. The demurrers…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lem Woon v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Borman v. BormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Costarelli v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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