Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hallet
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 2, 1998PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
We granted further appellate review in this case to reaffirm the standard of review that an appellate court should apply when deciding an appeal from the denial of a motion for a new trial filed and acted on prior to a defendant’s appeal from his conviction.
1. In affirming the defendant’s conviction of unarmed rob*553bery, the Appeals Court, in an unpublished memorandum and order (43 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 [1997]), acknowledged that the motion judge who acted on the defendant’s new trial motion had addressed the adequacy of her jury instructions concerning identification, although at trial the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. ConceicaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Landry v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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