Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Matthews
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1969PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The defendant was convicted under an indictment charging possession of burglarious tools. The sole question for decision arises out of his exception to the denial of a pre-trial motion to suppress certain evidence.
All of the evidence at the hearing on this motion came from Sergeant Bergin of the Brookline police department who testified in substance as follows: About 2:50 a.m. on July 2, 1966, Sergeant Bergin, while in the vicinity of Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline, observed the defendant walking on Crowninshield Road to Commonwealth Avenue. There had been several breaking and entering…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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