Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Festo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 24, 1925PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an indictment charging the defendant with the crime of murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in the second degree.
Before the jury were empanelled, the attorney for the defendant moved for a continuance on the ground that he was actually engaged in the trial of another criminal case of much less magnitude before another session of the Superior Court and had given due notice thereof to the district attorney. Other conflicting engagements of counsel afford no right to the continuance of any particular case. It was provided by R. L. c. 173, § 81, that an attorney at law actually…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Southern Railway Co. v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Noble v. Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. BalthazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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