Legal Opinion

Aguiar v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 11, 2010Published

1Opinion of the Court

John Aguiar appeals from an order of a single justice of this court denying his motion for stay of execution of sentence pending appeal. We affirm.

In October, 2008, a Superior Court jury returned ten verdicts of guilty of indecent assault and battery of two children under the age of fourteen years against Aguiar. He filed a timely notice of appeal as well as a motion to stay execution of his sentence pending appeal. The trial judge denied the motion. In March, 2009, Aguiar filed in the Appeals Court a motion to stay execution of sentence. A single justice of the Appeals Court denied the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. Hodge (No. 1)Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  3. Sang Hoa Duong v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  4. Christian v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006

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