Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/24/1982
Commonwealth v. Balliro
Citations
- 433 N.E.2d 434
- 385 Mass. 618
- 1982 Mass. LEXIS 1356
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- applying Rule 36; accord Commonwealth v. Fields, 371 Mass. 274, 282 (1976) (applying former G.L.c. 277, §72A, which was superseded by Rule 36
- magistrate has “discretion in deciding whether probable cause exists warranting the commencement of a criminal proceeding” where “defendant was not under arrest” and case “involved an application for the issuance of process”
- Commonwealth conceded that amendment was “of substance and not form” when, in a case involving complaints charging motor vehicle homicide and operation under the influence of alcohol, it tried to replace references to “intoxicating liquor” with “narcotics or depressants”
- although the Commonwealth had known for several weeks that no charge based on the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol could be proved, it waited until the day of trial to correct the error
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Nolan, O'Connor
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. BurtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-22· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-06-23· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. McGilveryMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-06-26· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. McGowanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-06· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. AtkinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-01-24· cited 14×
- District Attorney for the Norfolk District v. Quincy Division of the District Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-05-10· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. CorbettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-01-19· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SayaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-10-15· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. ZanninoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-11-10· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. PomerleauMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-14· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PlantierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-06-05· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. JosephMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-06-29· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BaileyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-04-06· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SheridanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-07-10· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. LopezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-07-30
- Commonwealth v. ZanninoMassachusetts Superior Court· 1982-12-28
- Cohen v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Superior Court· 2011-03-22
- Commonwealth v. DouglasMassachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County· 2016-12-28
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