Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dinkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 22, 2004PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
After a jury trial, William F. Dinkins was found guilty of felony-murder in the first degree. On appeal, he argues *716that his motion to suppress testimony about ballistics evidence destroyed by the Commonwealth was wrongly denied, that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to highlight an inconsistency in the trial testimony during his closing argument, and that the trial judge incorrectly instructed the jury regarding the inferences that they might draw from circumstantial evidence. Dinkins also contends that the cumulative impact of errors at trial warrants a new trial pursuant to G.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. WillieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. OlszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. CoonanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. LodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ClementeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. ArroyoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. KeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. CarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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