Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Zagrodny
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 20, 2004PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. The victim was his wife. The defendant, who testified at trial, admitted that he had killed his wife but asserted that, due to mental illness, he lacked criminal responsibility for her death. Represented by new counsel on appeal, he argues that (1) the judge erred by admitting in evidence statements the defendant made to the police and his family without conducting a hearing on voluntariness; (2) his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in waiving any objection to the admission of…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Millard Robert Beasley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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