Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Godin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 29, 1977PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On March 30, 1972, an explosion occurred in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at a manufacturing plant housing Pyro Products, Inc., a corporation engaged in the manufacture of fireworks. As a result of that explosion, three employees of the corporation were mortally wounded. The grand jury handed up three indictments which charged that the defendant committed manslaughter by causing the deaths of the three employees. After jury verdicts against the defendant he was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord. A notice of appeal was filed…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. SandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GallisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- LaClair v. Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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