Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hyatt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1995PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This is the defendant’s second appeal following jury verdicts of guilty of aggravated rape and armed robbery. On his first convictions the judge sentenced the defendant in March, 1988, to concurrent terms of from twenty-five to forty years, to commence following service of the sentence that the defendant was then serving on an unrelated matter. In 1991 we reversed the first convictions and remanded the case for a new trial. Commonwealth v. Hyatt, 409 Mass. 689 (1991).
The defendant was again convicted on both charges. The judge, who was not the judge at the first trial, sentenced the defendant…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Alabama v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Chaffin v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Texas v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by38 opinions
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