Spruill v. Dorsey, No. 985

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Citation58 S.Ct. 951,82 L.Ed. 1531,304 U.S. 565
Docket NumberNo. 985
PartiesGeorgia M. SPRUILL, petitioner, v. Harryman DORSEY. *
Decision Date02 May 1938

304 U.S. 565
58 S.Ct. 951
82 L.Ed. 1531
Georgia M. SPRUILL, petitioner,

v.

Harryman DORSEY.*

No. 985.

Supreme Court of the United States

May 2, 1938

Georgia M. Spruill, pro se.

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

The motion for leave to proceed further herein in forma pauperis is denied for the reason that the Court, upon examination of the papers herein submitted, finds no ground upon which writ of certiorari should be issued. The petition for writ of certiorari is therefore also denied.

* Rehearing denied 304 U.S. 590, 58 S.Ct. 1055, 82 L.Ed. ——.

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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • February 28, 1974
    ...23 N.E. 54 (1890); Commonwealth v. Bartolini, 299 Mass. 503, 510, 13 N.E.2d 382 (1938), cert. den. sub nom. Bartolini v. Massachusetts, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531 (1938); Commonwealth v. Cutler, 356 Mass. 245, 248--249, 249 N.E.2d 632 (1969). There was no error in the admissi......
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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • May 14, 1958
    ...in Commonwealth v. Bartolini, 299 Mass. 503, 508, 13 N.E.2d 382, certiorari denied sub nom. Bartolini v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531, the opportunity to inspect the transcript of evidence before a grand jury is a privilege and not a right in this......
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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • April 23, 1997
    ...780] 446 U.S. 955, 100 S.Ct. 2924, 64 L.Ed.2d 813 (1980); Commonwealth v. Bartolini, 299 Mass. 503, 512, 13 N.E.2d 382, cert. denied, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531 (1938) (possession, and familiarity with use of knife to dismember victim's body "alone would fall far short of pro......
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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • April 27, 1967
    ...of the events constituting the murder. It was admissible. See Commonwealth v. Simpson, 300 Mass. 45, 50--51, 13 N.E.2d 939, cert. den. 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531. We need not decide whether the judge was required to strike, as he did, Mrs. O'Brien's testimony (fn. 2) concerni......
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  • Com. v. DiMarzo
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • February 28, 1974
    ...23 N.E. 54 (1890); Commonwealth v. Bartolini, 299 Mass. 503, 510, 13 N.E.2d 382 (1938), cert. den. sub nom. Bartolini v. Massachusetts, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531 (1938); Commonwealth v. Cutler, 356 Mass. 245, 248--249, 249 N.E.2d 632 (1969). There was no error in the admissi......
  • Com. v. Ries
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • May 14, 1958
    ...in Commonwealth v. Bartolini, 299 Mass. 503, 508, 13 N.E.2d 382, certiorari denied sub nom. Bartolini v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531, the opportunity to inspect the transcript of evidence before a grand jury is a privilege and not a right in this......
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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • April 23, 1997
    ...780] 446 U.S. 955, 100 S.Ct. 2924, 64 L.Ed.2d 813 (1980); Commonwealth v. Bartolini, 299 Mass. 503, 512, 13 N.E.2d 382, cert. denied, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531 (1938) (possession, and familiarity with use of knife to dismember victim's body "alone would fall far short of pro......
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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • April 27, 1967
    ...of the events constituting the murder. It was admissible. See Commonwealth v. Simpson, 300 Mass. 45, 50--51, 13 N.E.2d 939, cert. den. 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 950, 82 L.Ed. 1531. We need not decide whether the judge was required to strike, as he did, Mrs. O'Brien's testimony (fn. 2) concerni......
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