Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Goitia
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 18, 2018No. SJC-11572PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLowy, J.
**764Just after 10 P.M. on July 29, 2009, six month old Naiden Goitia (child) was pronounced dead at a hospital in Holyoke. The defendant, Edwin Goitia, was indicted for his murder. A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 The defendant appeals from his conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.
The defendant's arguments in his direct appeal are nearly identical to those he asserted in his motion for a new trial. He argues that defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance at trial by…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. TucceriMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SalazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. CopelandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. BatemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023
- Commonwealth v. BillingsleaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2020
- Commonwealth v. HendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2020
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