Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Andrews
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1971PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendant was found guilty on an indictment charging him with the crime of assaulting Richard J. Vaughn, a police officer, by means of a dangerous weapon at Brockton on January 7, 1969. The case was tried subject to the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and it is before us on the defendant’s assignment of two alleged errors by the trial judge.
The defendant alleges error (a) in the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress a rifle 1 taken by the police from his apartment at the time of his arrest; and (b) in the admission at the trial of certain incriminating statements made by him…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. FordeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. AntobenedettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. StoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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