Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Viera
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 1952PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
The defendant has been tried and found guilty by a judge of the Superior Court sitting without jury upon an indictment the material portion of which reads: "That Frank Viera on or about the sixteenth day of September, 1951, with intent to procure the miscarriage of Elsie Pimental did unlawfully administer to her a certain drug, to wit, ergot, and did unlawfully use a certain instrument, to wit, a syringe upon the body of said Elsie Pimental and in consequence thereof said Elsie Pimental died.” The case is here after sentence upon the defendant’s appeal and assignments of error, with the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Commonwealth v. FollansbeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. TraylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LePageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. KeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. AronsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Commonwealth v. GoldenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. DunkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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