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Commonwealth v. Downey

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 22, 2006No. 04-P-1192PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.

These companion cases involve the extraordinary and legally portentous circumstance of two defense counsel for two defendant brothers on trial for murder in the first degree entering into an arrangement with the film company Lion Television Limited (Lion), in which, without the consent of their clients, the lawyers undertook to wear concealed microphones tied to recording devices during the course of a criminal trial. The attorneys’ communications with their clients during trial were within range of the hidden microphones and were captured, if the microphones were not shut off, or if the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Geders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PerkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. HollidayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  3. Commonwealth v. DowneyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. AgbanyoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. AhernMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019

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