1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mass.
  4. 387 Mass.
  5. 387 Mass. 549 (1982)
 

BACKMAN v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

387 Mass. 549 (1982)

441 N.E.2d 523

JACK H. BACKMAN vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Homans, Jr. (Anne E. Braudy with him) for the plaintiff.

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Scott P. Lewis, Marjorie Heins & Alan Jay Rom, for Massachusetts Campaign Against Restoration of the Death Penalty, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & NOLAN, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

On September 18, 1980, in response to a proclamation issued by the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, the General Court met in continuance of a joint constitutional session that had adjourned on July 2, 1980. On September 19, 1980, the joint session approved a proposed constitutional amendment permitting capital punishment in the Commonwealth. A subsequent joint session, held in May, 1982, also...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases