Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Carver
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 6, 1992No. 90-P-737PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
The defendant was charged with fifteen counts of second degree murder and one count of burning a dwelling house. His first trial ended in a mistrial because of prosecutorial misconduct. At his second trial, he was convicted by a jury of all charges. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied without a hearing.
On appeal from his convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial, the defendant claims the trial judge erred as follows: (1) in denying his motion for a new trial without a hearing; (2) in making certain evidentiary rulings; (3) in instructing the jury that…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- In Re TromblySupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
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