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COMMONWEALTH v. HUGHES

364 Mass. 426 (1973)

305 N.E.2d 117

COMMONWEALTH vs. STEVEN LEROY HUGHES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Palmer for the defendant.

Terence M. Troyer, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., QUIRICO, HENNESSEY, & WILKINS, JJ.

TAURO, C.J.

General Laws c. 268, § 16, as amended through St. 1955, c. 770 § 82, made1 it a crime for a prisoner to escape or attempt to escape "from any penal institution other than the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, or from land appurtenant thereto, or from the custody of any officer thereof or while being conveyed to or from any such institution." General Laws c. 127, § 90A, as appearing in St. 1972...

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