Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Daniels
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 7, 1975PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant (Daniels), a mentally retarded young man with a second-grade reading ability and an I. Q. of fifty-three, was found guilty of murder in the second degree solely on the basis of his confession to the Springfield police. In this appeal, which is subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, Daniels argues that, for various reasons, evidence of his alleged confession and admissions should have been suppressed, and that, if they had been suppressed, he would have been entitled to a directed verdict. Although they were not the subject of any exception (or even objection) at trial, Daniels…
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