Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Peloquin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 21, 2002PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In 1988, a jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the second degree (on an indictment charging murder in the first degree). The defendant’s conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. Commonwealth v. Peloquin, 30 Mass. App. Ct. 960 (1991). In 1993, the defendant filed a pro se motion for a new trial. Counsel was appointed to represent him. The motion asserted that the defendant’s trial counsel had provided him with ineffective representation by failing to request a jury instruction on the so-called “castle” law, G. L. c. 278, § 8A. The defendant also contended that the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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3Cited by74 opinions
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