Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hardy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 15, 2013PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
In 1995, the defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of murder in the first degree. In his direct appeal to this court, we affirmed the conviction, denied relief under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, and affirmed the denial of the defendant’s motion for a new trial. See Commonwealth v. Hardy, 431 Mass. 387 (2000) (Hardy). In 2008, the defendant filed a second motion for a new trial, alleging his counsel was ineffective for failing to raise certain alleged errors at trial and on direct appeal.1 A judge of the Superior Court (who was not the trial judge) denied the motion without an evidentiary…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MorgantiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. LaChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Hardy v. MaloneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2018
- Commonwealth v. AlebordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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