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COMMONWEALTH v. OLIVO

369 Mass. 62 (1975)

337 N.E.2d 904

COMMONWEALTH vs. OLGA OLIVO (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angel I. Olmeda (Samuel Stonefield with him) for the defendants.

Leonard A. Shatz for the Commonwealth.

Jack J. Olivero, Herbert Teitelbaum, M.D. Taracido, Kenneth Kimerling, & Manuel del Valle, of New York, for Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

TAURO, C.J.

These cases are before us on a report from the Housing Court of the County of Hampden pursuant to G.L.c. 278, § 30. They raise novel questions in this Commonwealth regarding the adequacy of English-only notice to persons not literate in English.

Briefly, the facts found by the Housing Court judge are as follows: The defendants are natives of Puerto Rico who have resided in this country for some years. Both defendants speak little English and...

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