Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LOUIS A. SMITH
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1968PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reardon, J.. The defendant was convicted on two indictments, one of which charged him with breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, and the other with possession of burglarious tools. The case is before us under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, on a summary of the record, a transcript of the evidence, and assignments of error with which we deal seriatim.
1. Error is alleged in the court’s refusal to allow the defendant’s motions for severance “in spite of the fact that the evidence against . . . two defendants was entirely separate and unrelated.” The defendant was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Preston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. CavanaughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. BettencourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. GilchrestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BryerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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