Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lehan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 6, 1964PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
These are appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended, from concurrent sentences upon convictions on two indictments: (1) for possession of burglarious implements, and (2) for breaking and entering a dwelling house in the night time with intent to steal.
The defendant contends that it was error to deny his two motions to suppress evidence, the first filed and heard be fore trial and the second filed and heard after the jury had been empanelled. The defendant’s exceptions were duly saved.
At the hearings on the motions a police officer testified in substance as follows: On February…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by54 opinions
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