Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Montez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 2008PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
On January 28, 1994, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Our docket indicates that prior appellate counsel obtained a series of continuances that spanned nearly ten years. Current appellate counsel entered his appearance on November 13, 2003, and filed a motion for a new trial on June 24, 2004,. in which he made several claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The trial judge had retired, and a different judge denied the motion for a new trial after an evidentiary hearing. The appeal from…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by49 opinions
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