Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vieux
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 30, 1996No. 95-P-1569PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, CJ.
The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court juiy of rape, G. L. c. 265, § 22. On appeal he alleges that: (1) his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to move to suppress the testimony of one of the Commonwealth’s witnesses; and (2) the trial judge’s failure to provide an instruction on fresh complaint in his final charge created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. We affirm.
*5271. Ineffective assistance of counsel. To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel a defendant must establish: (1) that his representative’s performance reflected “serious…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Beulah Smith, Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Richard ConnellyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Williams v. PoulosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Vieux v. PepeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Commonwealth v. McCormickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. Van BellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. EdwardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. BarbozaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
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