Legal Opinion
Salemme v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 9, 1976PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court dismissing a petition for a writ of error seeking reversal of judgments of the Superior Court after trial of two indictments charging Salemme with assault, being armed with a dangerous weapon, with intent to murder (G. L. c. 265, § 18), and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (G. L. c. 265, § 15A). Verdicts of guilty as to both indictments had been returned by a jury, and Salemme was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of nineteen to twenty years on the charge of armed assault with…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Morey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Kuklis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. McCanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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