Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LeBlanc
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 4, 1976PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
We consider here the extent to which a judge imposing a sentence may be advised of, give consideration to, or conduct an investigation of other criminal charges pending against the defendant. We conclude that (1) there is no constitutional objection to a sentencing judge knowing of unresolved criminal prosecutions against a defendant, and (2) the statutes of the Commonwealth call for that information to be before the sentencing judge, but (3) a sentencing judge should not permit a defendant’s sentence to vary depending on whether the defendant has demonstrated his innocence of an unrelated,…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. Janice Weston, A/K/A Janice WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Gregg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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