Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1973PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Roger Brown and John H. Tarrant, inmates of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, were tried by a jury in Norfolk Superior Court in October, 1971, upon indictments charging them severally with assault and battery upon a correctional officer, contrary to the statute, G. L. c. 127, § 38B. 1 The jury found Tarrant not guilty, but Brown guilty, and Brown was sentenced to one to two years at Walpole following completion of his current sentence.
Brown (hereafter called the defendant) pursues his appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Abandoning other exceptions, the defendant…
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