Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Colleran
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 23, 2008PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The victim was her two and one-half year old daughter, Skyler. The defendant appeals from the denial of her motion for a new trial, in which she claimed (a) the judge erred by ordering her to proceed to trial in a medicated state, (b) counsel was ineffective for failing to advise her that she had a right to present herself to the jury in an unmedicated state, and (c) counsel was ineffective with respect to his presentation of an expert witness. In her direct…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Riggins v. NevadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Sell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
36 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VargasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. WhitakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. AnestalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. BoisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
19 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.