Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brant
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 18, 1980PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
This is an appeal by the defendant Brant under G.L. c. 278, § 33A-33G, from his conviction for armed robbery while masked. Prior to trial Brant filed a motion to suppress statements. After a hearing the motion was denied in part and Brant filed his exception. The case was tried before a jury, Brant was found guilty, and the trial judge imposed a sentence of not less than eighteen years nor more than thirty years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. Brant claimed an appeal, asserting as errors the denial of his motion to suppress an inculpatory statement given by him to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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- Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by67 opinions
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