Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brandwein
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 14, 2002PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of armed robbery while masked, contending that his communications with a psychiatric nurse were wrongfully disclosed to the police and that his subsequent arrest and confession to the police were the fruit of that unlawful disclosure. He also contends that his confession should have been suppressed as involuntary. We granted his application for direct appellate review. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction.
1. Facts. Testimony presented at the evidentiary hearing on the defendant’s motion to suppress reveals the following facts.1
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2Cases cited27 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. VegaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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