Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. a Juvenile
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 3, 1988PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
A District Court judge allowed the juvenile’s motion to suppress two confessions and any in-court identification of him by the victim. We transferred the Commonwealth’s appeal here, and now affirm the order allowing the motion to suppress.
On July 19, 1985, a woman was dragged out of her motor vehicle which was parked near her home in Wakefield. After a struggle her attacker fled. She told the police that the attacker was a black teenaged male and gave a general description of him.
A private, nonprofit organization under contract to the Department of Youth Services (DYS) operated a home nearby…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Michael Alvarado v. R.Q. Hickman, Warden, Acting Warden of Mule Creek State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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