Legal Opinion
Burton v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 17, 2000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In May, 1990, the petitioner, Leslie Burton, was arrested and arraigned for the February, 1990, shooting death of Robert Townsend. However, because the Commonwealth’s witnesses refused to cooperate, the complaint was dismissed in June, 1990.
In January, 1996, one of the witnesses to the 1990 homicide was charged with an unrelated offense and entered into a plea agreement in which he implicated Burton in the homicide. Consequently, in June, 1997, Burton was charged with murder in the first degree for the 1990 homicide. Arguing that his rights to a speedy trial and due process of law had been…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. MalaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Commonwealth v. ImbrugliaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Esteves v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- King v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. ButlerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. ButlerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2011
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