Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/22/1980

Lydon v. Commonwealth

Citations

409 N.E.2d 745
381 Mass. 356
1980 Mass. LEXIS 1282

How courts have described this case

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defendant convicted at initial bench trial had no right to review of sufficiency of evidence prior to a de nova jury trial
“If there is a valid double jeopardy claim, it should be dealt with before, rather than after, the second trial”
defendant convicted at initial bench trial had no right to review of sufficiency of evidence prior to a de nova jury trial
valid double jeopardy claim “should be dealt with before . . . trial”

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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Lydon v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-05-13· cited 3×

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