Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tolan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 14, 2009PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
On the morning of December 3, 2002, the defendant, Peggy Tolan, telephoned 911 and told the dispatcher that her husband, Edward Tolan (Edward), had been shot. Paramedics responded to the Tolans’ home and found Edward’s body in the bedroom; he had died of a single gunshot wound to the head fired at close range. On November 9, 2004, a jury convicted the defendant of premeditated murder in the first degree. Tolan filed a motion for a new trial, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, which was denied. She appealed from the denial of the motion for new trial, which was consolidated with her…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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3Cited by24 opinions
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