Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Carleton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 10, 1994PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
After trial in the Superior Court the defendant was convicted of criminal contempt for violating an injunction, G. L. c. 12, §§ 11H & 11J (1992 ed.). The Appeals Court concluded that there were improprieties in the jury empanelment and reversed the judgment. See 36 Mass. App. Ct. 137 (1994). We granted the Commonwealth’s application for further appellate review and now conclude, for substantially the same reasons as the Appeals Court, that the Commonwealth improperly exercised its peremptory challenges.
The only issue before us is the Commonwealth’s contention that the Appeals Court was…
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