Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Russin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 9, 1995PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
On February 12, 1980, after five days of trial, the defendant pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree and forcible rape of a child under sixteen years. The trial judge sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution (M.C.I.) at Walpole on the conviction of murder in the first degree and, *310after an examination pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 4, as amended by St. 1974, c. 324, § 1, to a period of from one day to life at the treatment center for the sexually dangerous at M.C.I., Bridgewater, on the rape of a child conviction.
On March 21, 1992, the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. KostkaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HuotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by45 opinions
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