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Commonwealth v. Sowell

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
May 7, 1992
590 N.E.2d 1161 (Mass. 1992)

Opinion

May 7, 1992.

Practice, Criminal, Execution of sentence.

The case was submitted on briefs.

Newman Flanagan, District Attorney, Jane A. Sullivan. Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The defendant pro se.


The sole issue on this appeal is whether a single justice of this court committed reversible error in denying the defendant's motion for stay of execution of sentence pending appeal of the denial of his motion for a new trial.

Our review is limited to errors of law including abuse of discretion. Commonwealth v. Allen, 378 Mass. 489, 498 (1979). There was no error.

Judgment affirmed.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Sowell

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
May 7, 1992
590 N.E.2d 1161 (Mass. 1992)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Sowell

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT SOWELL

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: May 7, 1992

Citations

590 N.E.2d 1161 (Mass. 1992)
412 Mass. 1009

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