Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Britt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 14, 1972PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
These cases are before us on an interlocutory report under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, § 30A, inserted by St. 1954, c. 528. There was a hearing below on the defendants’ motions to dismiss the indictments. The judge reported the following two questions: “(a) Is the Commonwealth required by the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and, Articles XI and XII of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of Massachusetts to provide free typewritten transcript of the proceedings to an indigent who is brought before the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Myers v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. LookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Lataille v. District Court of Eastern HampdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. TrappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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