Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Simmons
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 12, 1981PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In January, 1977, the defendant was convicted and sentenced in the Superior Court on indictments charging him with breaking and entering in the nighttime with armed assault (G. L. c. 266, § 14), assault and battery (G. L. c. 265, § 13A), armed robbery (G. L. c. 265, § 17), and rape (G. L. c. 265, § 22). On July 7, 1977, he moved under G. L. c. 278, § 29 (see now Mass.R.Crim.P. 30[b], 378 Mass. 900 [1979]), for a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. That motion alleged, in pertinent part, that on May 7, 1977, while the defendant was serving his sentences, several crimes,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McMasterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
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- Commonwealth v. DelongMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. PopeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. DenstenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1987
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