Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Howard
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 23, 1976PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodman, J.
The defendant appeals (G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) from convictions on two indictments, one charging that he entered a dwelling house being armed and while therein committed an assault with intent to rob, and one charging him with robbery while armed. We summarize the evidence and procedure as they bear on the defendant’s assignments of error.
On April 11, 1974, at about noontime, Joseph Watson, seventy-five years old, was returning to his apartment in the Cathedral Housing Project in Boston and, while unlocking the door, was struck on the head and dragged into the apartment. His assailant…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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- State v. ParkinsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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