Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nolin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 7, 1977PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
Fifty years ago last May, Leo Nolin was indicted by an Essex County grand jury for the murder of William H. Griffin. Counsel was appointed for Nolin, and, on October 4, 1927, after a trial lasting fourteen trial days, Nolin was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment for life in the State prison at Charlestown. No appeal was taken from Nolin’s conviction. Including his pre-trial detention, he has been incarcerated for more than fifty years.
In 1972, Nolin filed a motion for a new trial on which, for some unexplained reason, no action was…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. StoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. DouganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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