Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Garuti
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 10, 2009PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In 2006, a Plymouth County jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty when he ran over his former wife with his vehicle. The defendant appealed. Represented by new counsel, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial alleging constitutionally ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The trial judge denied the motion without a hearing. The defendant appealed. On appeal he argues that the trial judge erred in asking prospective jurors a question concerning domestic violence; in admitting in evidence his unrecorded statement to police…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. AndradeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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