Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Curtis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 2, 1994PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On July 14, 1980, Michael Robinson was fatally injured in a senseless attack in East Boston. On December 30, 1980, a jury found each defendant guilty of murder in the second degree. This court affirmed those convictions on April 7, 1983. Commonwealth v. Curtis, 388 Mass. 637 (1983). On June 28, 1989, the defendants moved for a new trial on their own. Counsel was appointed. Amended motions for a new trial were filed, and on June 11, 1992, a judge other than the trial judge, who had retired, denied the motions and filed an explanatory memorandum. We granted Curtis’s application for direct…
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