Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Botelho
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 5, 1976PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The defendant Carlos Botelho is under indictment for the murder in the first degree of Lawrence S. Salvucci. The defendant moved before trial to suppress in-court and out-of-court identifications of him by one Marie Kearney. After an extended hearing, a judge of the Superior Court made findings and allowed the motion. The Commonwealth applied for interlocutory appeal pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 28E, and leave was granted by a single justice of this court.
1. The judge’s findings, amplified by some details taken from the transcript, yield the following picture of the Kearney confrontations and…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by162 opinions
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