Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Spaulding
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 1992PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant, Arthur W. Spaulding, was indicted by a grand jury in January, 1986, on charges of aggravated rape and armed robbery, and he was arraigned on those indictments in March, 1986. When, by June, 1988, he had not yet been tried on the charges, he filed a motion to dismiss them on the ground that he had not been brought to trial within twelve months of his arraignment as required by Mass. R. Crim. P. 36 (b) (1), 378 Mass. 909 (1979), and on the ground that he was entitled to dismissal for prejudicial delay under Mass. R. Crim. P. 36 (c), 378 Mass. 909 (1979), because the conduct of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. FarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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- Commonwealth v. DiasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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