Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Florentino
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1986PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant, whose convictions of murder in the first degree and armed robbery we affirmed in Commonwealth v. Florentino, 381 Mass. 193 (1980), appeals (by leave of a single justice as to the murder conviction [see G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1984 ed.)]) from the denial of his motion for a new trial. His sole contention on appeal, argued only with respect to the murder conviction, is that the performance of his trial counsel denied him his right to effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. His motion asserted no claim under the Constitution…
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