Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/22/1986

Commonwealth v. Lyons

Citations

492 N.E.2d 1142
397 Mass. 644
1986 Mass. LEXIS 1326

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\Due process of law does not require a hearing before process may properly issue on a criminal complaint\
in which the defendant claimed reversible error from the Commonwealth’s failure, in violation of G. L. c. 218, § 35A, to afford him a probable cause hearing to oppose the issuance of the arrest warrant
a violation of c. 218, § 35 A, “carries no substantial risk of lasting prejudice to the defendant, because the complaint process can be commenced again and the defendant can be heard”
“Any requirement in § 3A of an accurate return ‘is not closely affiliated with any constitutional guarantee’ . . . and can have no practical effect upon a warrant issued on an affidavit clearly establishing probable cause”
“Any requirement in § 3A of an accurate return ‘is not closely affiliated with any constitutional guarantee’ . . . and can have no practical effect upon a warrant issued on an affidavit clearly establishing probable cause”
\§ 35A is not closely affiliated with any constitutional guarantee\

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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