Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Collado
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 12, 1998PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant, Juan Collado, was charged with trafficking in cocaine because of a sale of cocaine to an *676undercover police officer. After the jury empanelment process had begun, Collado asked to waive his right to a jury trial, but his codefendant, Severeano Tavarez, did not. Collado’s request was granted after empanelment was completed but before the jurors had been sworn. The bench trial of the defendant and the jury trial of his codefendant proceeded simultaneously. Both defendants were convicted.1 The Appeals Court vacated Collado’s conviction on the ground that the jury waiver was…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Ciummei v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. SilanskasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. ClementeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. AhmadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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