Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 21, 1979PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and forcible rape. Prior to trial, the defendant moved to suppress certain evidence on the ground that it was obtained during an illegal search and seizure. He also moved to suppress both in-court and out-of-court identifications of himself by the victim on the ground that the pretrial identification procedures were unnecessarily suggestive. At the close of the hearings, the trial judge denied both motions. After entry of the verdicts, and on his own motion, the judge ordered the defendant…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by194 opinions
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