Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sim
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 31, 1995No. 94-P-511PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The defendant’s first trial on indictments charging him with murder in the first degree and two counts of armed robbery ended in a mistrial when the jurors were unable to reach a verdict. That trial was preceded by the denial, after a hearing, of the defendant’s motion to suppress certain statements made by him to police officers. When the Commonwealth announced its decision to seek a retrial, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss, relying on Berry v. Commonwealth, 393 Mass. 793 (1985), and alleging that a retrial would subject him to double jeopardy since there had been insufficient…
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