# Commonwealth v. Walker

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · June 24, 1976 · 370 Mass. 548

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9517223

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth vs. Terrell Walker
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** June 24, 1976
- **Citations:** 370 Mass. 548; 350 N.E.2d 678; 1976 Mass. LEXIS 1011
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Liacos
- **Judges:** Hennessey, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos
- **Cited by:** 188 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that, in light of what the police observed and learned immediately on entering the apartment, they were justified in entering the bedroom to search for a person for the safety of themselves and the occupants of the apartment

## Opinion text

Liacos, J.
(concurring). I am in general agreement with the majority’s reasoning and agree with their result in this case. I share, however, the Chief Justice’s concern about the proper role of the “presumption of sanity” after credible evidence of insanity has been adduced. I therefore *585 join in that part of his dissenting opinion which suggests that reversal and the granting of a new trial may be appropriate should the Commonwealth fail to produce affirmative evidence of sanity in a case such as this.

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