Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Medina
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 26, 1985PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
After trial on an indictment charging murder in the first degree, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter. The defendant now claims that his trial counsel failed to provide him with the effective assistance of counsel required by the Federal and State Constitutions. The trial judge denied his motion for a new trial. See Mass.R.Crim.P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979). “An examination of the record shows that the performance of counsel was not of such poor quality as to entitle the defendant to a new trial.” Commonwealth v. Little, 376 Mass. 233, 241 (1978).
We have no hesitancy in noting that the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RondeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DiGeronimoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. FrisinoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. JuzbaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. LepperMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. MyersMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
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