Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/29/1981

Commonwealth v. Joseph

Citations

421 N.E.2d 105
11 Mass. App. Ct. 879
1981 Mass. App. LEXIS 1084

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a judge may not impose more severe sentence on defendant to punish him for exercising right to trial, but no such action by the sentencing judge shown
a judge may not impose more severe sentence on defendant to punish him for exercising right to trial, but no such action by the sentencing judge shown
judge’s comment to defense counsel at sentencing did not warrant inference that defendants were being punished for insisting on their right to trial
judge's comment to defense counsel at sentencing did not warrant inference that defendants were being punished for insisting on their right to trial
it was proper for the judge in imposing a sentence to consider threats made by the defendant during the robbery

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Judges: Hale, Brown, Kass

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