Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Caldron
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 4, 1981PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
We accepted for direct review, on our own motion, the appeal of Jesus Caldron from convictions of robbery (G. L. c. 265, § 19) and of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (G. L. c. 265, § 15A), on which he received sentences of eighteen years and nine years, respectively, in M.C.I. Concord, to be served concurrently. He raises issues regarding (1) the exclusion of questions to elicit testimony by him as to his intent at the time of the commission of the alleged criminal acts, and (2) the refusal to exclude evidence of his prior convictions of crime. We hold for the defendant on the…
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- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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