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Commonwealth v. Perry

Citations

  • 444 N.E.2d 1319
  • 15 Mass. App. Ct. 281
  • 1983 Mass. App. LEXIS 1207

How courts have described this case

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

  • no undue delay where citation “was prepared as soon as the investigation and assembly of the facts, including the fact of the death, permitted”
  • police handed citation to defendant’s father outside defendant’s hospital room rather than to defendant due to his physical condition
  • automobile violations including motor vehicle homicide should not have been dismissed in view of seriousness of charges and one-day delay in issuing citation, which was issued as soon as feasible
  • characterizing statutory phrase, “delivered to the offender,” as “in-hand delivery”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Greaney, Kaplan, Dreben

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