Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Goodwin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1993PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
We transferred this case from the Appeals Court to examine the defendant’s contention that he is entitled to resentencing on a conviction because the judge in imposing the sentence improperly considered the defendant’s prior misconduct that had resulted in neither a guilty finding nor a formal complaint. We conclude that the judge acted properly in imposing the sentence.
On September 13, 1990, the defendant offered guilty pleas in the Superior Court to three indictments charging rape of a child by force and one indictment charging kidnapping. The prosecutor outlined the following facts as the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. Leon Wilbur TerryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Francis P. TraceyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Cepulonis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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- Commonwealth v. D'AmourMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. PowerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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