Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pena
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 24, 2009PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
On the afternoon of March 8, 2004, the victim was found stabbed to death in the bathtub of her apartment. Her boy friend, Yoderny Pena, was indicted for her murder. See note 1, supra. After a five-day jury trial, during which Pena claimed mental impairment, Pena was found guilty of murder in the first degree on the theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel, Pena filed a motion for a new trial alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, which was denied. He appealed from the denial of the motion for a new trial, which was consolidated with…
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- Crowe v. MarchandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
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