Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Montanino
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 1991PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
On April 3, 1987, a Middlesex County jury found the defendant, Joseph Montanino, guilty on two indictments charging unnatural sexual intercourse with a fifteen year old male youth. The Appeals Court affirmed the convictions. Commonwealth v. Montanino, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 516 (1990). We granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review. For the reasons stated below, we reverse.
We present a brief summary of the factual background of this case. On May 31, 1985, a Middlesex County grand jury returned two indictments against the defendant, charging him with engaging in unnatural…
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- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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