Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pavao
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 6, 1995No. 94-P-1703PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaurence, J.
The defendant, Antonio Pavao, was indicted in Bristol County in October, 1992, and February, 1993, on three counts of rape, four counts of disseminating matter harmful to minors, and five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen. The victims of the crimes charged were five girls, nine to ten years old. As trial was about to begin on November 1, 1993, Pavao’s trial *491counsel (who is not his appellate counsel) filed a written jury waiver, pursuant to G. L. c. 263, § 6, and Mass.R.Crim.P. 19(a), 378 Mass. 888 (1979). The preprinted waiver form was signed by…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PavaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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