Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fontaine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 8, 1988PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The Commonwealth appealed from an order granting dismissal of complaints against the defendant due to interference with the defendant’s right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art.
12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.1 We transferred the appeal to this court on our own motion. We summarize the motion judge’s findings of fact.
On September 9, 1986, at approximately 5:15 p.m., officers of the Lancaster police department executed a search warrant for the defendant’s home, arrested the defendant, and brought him to the police station. He was booked…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. CronkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DrumgoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. LewinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Preventive Medicine Associates, Inc. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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