Legal Opinion
District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 28, 1980PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
On January 9,1980, the plaintiff, in his capacity as district attorney for the Suffolk district, filed a complaint in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County seeking a declaratory judgment or, in the alternative, relief under this court’s general superintendence powers under G. L. c. 211, §3. The complaint sought a determination of the constitutionality of the recently enacted capital punishment statute, c. 488 of the Acts of 1979. The Commonwealth and the judges of the Superior Court were named as defendants. The single justice allowed the motion of the Attorney General to intervene as…
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