Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/15/1976

Commonwealth v. Jackson

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344 N.E.2d 166
369 Mass. 904
1976 Mass. LEXIS 910

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concluding that implicit knowledge requirement existed in previous version of G. L. c. 269, § 10 [ a ]
noting that it is appropriate to refrain from interpreting provisions of statute that do not apply to defendant’s conduct when reviewing defendant’s constitutional challenge to statute
construing language comparable to * that in third provision of G. L. c. 269, § 10 [ m ], as creating mandatory minimum sentence
considering States that permit same or similar punishment, even if not mandated
\[A] penalty designed solely or primarily to deter may be so excessive in comparison to other punishments for more serious crimes as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment.\
legislatively mandated punishments subject only to rational basis review and need not withstand “exacting scrutiny”

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Judges: Hennessey, Reahdon, Bbaucher, Kaplan, Wilkins

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