Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Britt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 14, 1972Published
1Opinion of the Court
362 Mass. 325 (1972)
285 N.E.2d 780
COMMONWEALTH
vs.
SAMUEL BRITT. (and five companion cases[1]).
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.
May 1, 1972.
July 14, 1972.
Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.
Wallace W. Sherwood for the defendants.
Alvan Brody for the Commonwealth.
Richard K. Donahue & Lloyd L. Weinreb, for the Massachusetts Bar Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.
L. Scott Harshbarger, for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Melvyn H. Zarr, for Massachusetts Law Reform Institute; Reuben Goodman, for Massachusetts Defenders…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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