Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hanley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 16, 1958PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This is an appeal, under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended.
The defendant was indicted in Worcester County on August 20, 1952, on the charge of being an accessory before the fact to an armed assault with intent to rob on November 25, 1951. The defendant was arrested in Rhode Island in May, 1953, and was held under indictments from Bristol and Worcester counties. He was promptly tried in Bristol County under the indictment there, for an unrelated offence, and was found guilty and sentenced to the State prison at Charlestown. He was committed under that sentence on June 29, 1953,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- People v. ProsserNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Commonwealth v. SoarisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Lebowitch v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Pinnick v. ClearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Kluger v. WhiteSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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