Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Geraway
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 11, 1973PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
The defendant was indicted on September 29, 1967, for murder in the first degree of David Martin Sidlauskas on April 24, 1966, and after a twelve day trial was, on February 20, 1968, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed to this court, assigning as error the admission of eyewitness identification testimony and the exclusion of evidence implicating another person in the crime. We affirmed the judgment. Commonwealth v. Geraway, 355 Mass. 433 (March 7, 1969).
On November 10, 1970, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial alleging, inter alla, that newly discovered evidence…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- George T. C. Lollar v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Commonwealth v. CoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- United States Ex Rel. Williamson v. LaValleeDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- United States v. Garland JeffersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. RondeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. MutinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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