Commonwealth v. Loftis

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding a denial of a directed verdict where the conviction was based solely on fingerprint evidence even though that evidence was consistent with a finding that the defendant was legitimately in the victim’s home on the day of the murder, as well as illegitimately there
• alleged violation of G. L. c. 277, § 72A, as then in effect
• “it would be unconscionable to permit the defendant to take advantage of a situation where a substantial part of the delay in the disposition of the case was obviously caused by him and, in addition, was for his benefit”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).