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Beckman v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 12, 1979PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.

This is an appeal from a decision of a single justice of this court denying the plaintiffs request for relief pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, and G. L. c. 231, § 118. The plaintiff Beckman now presses only his arguments relating to G. L. c. 211, § 3.

Beckman was indicted in May of 1978 with six other persons by the Middlesex county grand jury for various violations of the Massachusetts General Laws, including attempted arson, arson, accessory before the fact to breaking and entering in the nighttime, conspiracy to commit arson, and burning a building with intent to defraud.

Thereafter, the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Myers v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
  2. Blaisdell v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. LewinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  4. Gilday v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  5. Whitmarsh v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Borman v. BormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. YelleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. RinguetteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
  5. Commonwealth v. BertiniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013

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