Commonwealth v. Duteau

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding statute which had effect of transferring town of Athol in Worcester County to Franklin County for trial of Superior Court cases
• upholding statute which had effect of transferring town of Athol in Worcester County to Franklin County for trial of Superior Court cases
• stating geographical group not sufficiently distinct for successful Sixth Amendment challenge
• neither State nor Federal Constitutions limits Legislature’s power to alter boundaries of grand jury jurisdictions
• it is generally agreed for purposes of the Sixth Amendment requirement that the word “district” refers to the Federal judicial districts created by Congress
• “Massachusetts has generally followed the common law rule that [a complaint] must be found, and the trial must take place, in the county where the crime occurred”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).