Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dunigan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1981PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The primary question to be decided is whether and under what circumstances the Commonwealth can appeal the determination by a single justice of this court that the administration of justice would not be facilitated by allowing the interlocutory appeal of an order suppressing evidence in a criminal proceeding. We conclude that, in the circumstances shown here, there is no right of appeal by the Commonwealth under the terms of the controlling statute, G. L. c. 278, § 28E, and the rule of court, Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 884 (1979). We conclude, further, that the Commonwealth in an…
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