Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Riley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 15, 2014PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In 2007, a Plymouth County grand jury returned *801indictments charging the defendant and his wife, Carolyn Riley,1 with the murder of their four year old daughter, Rebecca. The defendant and Carolyn were tried separately in 2010. Carolyn was convicted of murder in the second degree; the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.2 Before us is the defendant’s appeal from his conviction and from the denial of his motions for a new trial and for funds to retain a toxicologist. The defendant argues the following: (1) his trial counsel was…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
- Commonwealth v. VargasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. LallyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. McWilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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