Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cintron
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 6, 2003PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal he claims that the trial judge erred by (1) failing to swear the jury before giving preliminary instructions, and (2) denying his motion to dismiss or, alternatively, to suppress certain fingerprint evidence, based on the Commonwealth’s alleged failure to preserve a latent fingerprint found on a wooden slat. The defendant also claims (3) that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel where counsel conducted no cross-examination of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Worcester Insurance v. Fells Acres Day School, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. ToroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. NealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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- Commonwealth v. MontezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. LucienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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