Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bumpus
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1974PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
This case is here pursuant to an order entered by the United States Supreme Court 1 granting the defendant’s petition for certiorari, vacating the judgment affirming his conviction (Commonwealth v. Bumpus, 362 Mass. 672 [1972]), and remanding the case to us for further consideration in the light of Ham v. South Carolina, 409 U. S. 524 (1973). Thus the only issue we must decide is whether the decision in the Ham case requires that the defendant’s conviction should be reversed on the ground that the trial judge refused to ask some of the veniremen 2 whether they were racially prejudiced. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. MonahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. RylesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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