Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LaFrance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 1972PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
The defendant appeals in a case made subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions on four indictments charging him with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident after causing personal injury, operating without a license, and operating so as to endanger. We consider several assignments of error.
1. The defendant alleges error in the denial by the trial judge of motions for directed verdicts on grounds of insufficient evidence. The evidence is summarized as follows.
On October 6, 1970, around 11 P.M., James Butler went to the assistance of his son Paul whose car was stalled on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. HartfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Young v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Commonwealth v. GranitoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- United States v. Willie Thomas Rudolph, William E. Taylor and Albert ReeseCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SwensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Peter F. Lafrance v. George H. Bohlinger, Iii, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FestaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. RandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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