Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stote
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 5, 2010No. SJC-09582PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
At issue in this case is whether, during the defendant’s appeal from his conviction of murder in the first degree, defense counsel was burdened by an actual or potential conflict of interest arising from his intimate personal relationship with an assistant district attorney in the appellate division of the office that represented the Commonwealth on appeal, such that the defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel on appeal. A single justice in the county court, acting as a gatekeeper pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, allowed the defendant to proceed with this appeal from the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. LaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Drew v. MacEachernCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- Commonwealth v. NelsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. SeinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. BoriaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. CousinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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