Legal Opinion
Marsden v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 2, 1967PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Marsden, a minor born in 1952, filed this petition for a writ of error to review his commitment as a delinquent to the Youth Service Board on September 2, 1965, upon a complaint under G. L. c. 272, § 53, in the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District. The case was reserved without decision by the single justice upon the pleadings, the return of the Municipal Court, and a statement of agreed facts. From this record the facts set forth below appear.
In 1964, Marsden was “seriously misbehaving.” He was a “chronic truant” and “his associates were in constant trouble.” The family conditions were…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. PageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
3Cited by20 opinions
- Kennedy v. DixonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- John Wayne Kemplen v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Billy Ray Powell v. Carl G. Hocker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- State Ex Rel. La Follette v. Circuit CourtWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Brumley v. Charles R. Denney Juvenile Center of Snohomish CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1970
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