Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Coleman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 23, 1984PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
Following a bench trial, the defendant, Hayward L. Coleman, was found guilty on September 23, 1981, by a judge in the Superior Court of aggravated rape, kidnapping, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. The judge sentenced the defendant to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole (M.C.I., Walpole) , imposing concurrent terms of from twelve to twenty years for the rape, and from nine to ten years for each of the other two convictions. The defendant appealed his sen*798tences to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, which did not alter the penalties. The…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. GraysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Vincent E. Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Joseph L. Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by75 opinions
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