Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sullivan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 15, 2014No. SJC 11504PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant, Michael J. Sullivan, was convicted by a jury in Superior Court of murder in the first degree and armed robbery arising out of the brutal stomping death of Wilfred McGrath. We affirmed the defendant’s convictions on direct appeal. Commonwealth v. Sullivan, 410 Mass. 521, 533 (1991). Since then, the defendant has sought postconviction relief both in State and Federal courts. 2 At issue in this case is the defendant’s most recent motion for a new trial. As a result of the reexamina tion by a private forensic laboratory of certain physical evidence from the defendant’s trial, which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. CintronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. MathewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VargasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. Cowels (SJC 11630) Commonwealth v. MimsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. VaughnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. CameronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. BonnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
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