Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dietrich
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 4, 1980PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant was convicted of robbery and mayhem in a jury waived trial in the Superior Court in 1973. A motion for a new trial was denied by the trial judge without a hearing in 1978. The defendant was allowed to file a late notice of appeal under G.L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33H, from both his convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial, and the two appeals were consolidated.
The facts of the case are related in Commonwealth v. Michel, 367 Mass. 454 (1975), in which we affirmed the conviction of a codefendant, Larry Michel. On March 19, 1972, William Cole was the victim of a brutal…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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- Commonwealth v. CroweMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
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- Commonwealth v. LowderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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