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Commonwealth v. McInerney

Citations

  • 401 N.E.2d 821
  • 380 Mass. 59
  • 1980 Mass. LEXIS 1048

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  • noting, in context of delay in sentencing, that writing letter seeking to expedite decision is “small measure of self-help [that] is not too much to expect”
  • defendant who waited 14 months before asserting his right to a speedy trial under the 6th amendment “must bear some of the responsibility for the delay”
  • “[Disappointment... does not amount to legal prejudice”

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Judges: Abrams, Braucher, Kaplan, Quirico, Wilkins

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