Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Levin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 23, 1984PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendants challenge the denial of their motions to dismiss indictments against them because of the Commonwealth’s failure to afford them a speedy retrial after reversal of their original convictions. We affirm.
In July, 1978, the defendants were indicted for various offenses arising out of the alleged fraudulent procurement of an insurance policy on the life of one George S. Hamilton. They were subsequently convicted of certain of the offenses charged. The defendants appealed.
On February 27, 1981, the Appeals Court reversed the convictions, holding that evidence of Hamilton’s death by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BenjaminMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. LevinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. HoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. VadenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. WidrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Ana Maria Caeiro Palhava De Varella-Cid v. The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, and George H. ColemanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Commonwealth v. GallMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. BoddenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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