Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mendes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1972PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The defendant Everett Mendes appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction on an indictment for armed robbery.
The defendant assigns as error (1) the failure to suppress evidence of the defendant’s identification at a lineup; (2) the failure to suppress his in-court identification; (3) the failure to suppress his clothing and related testimony; (4) the failure to suppress a gun found in an automobile in which he was riding at the time of his arrest for an unrelated offence; and (5) the denial of his motion for a mistrial on the wrongful admission in evidence of the gun and on the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. DouganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. LeasterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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