Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wright
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 1, 1978PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree, in which the defendant argues essentially one issue. He claims that the conflict created by his lawyer’s pretrial representation of a codefendant who ultimately became a principal trial witness for the Commonwealth denied him the effective assistance of counsel. He also asks us to direct a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the exercise of our powers under G. L. c. 278, § 33E. We hold that there was no violation of the defendant’s constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel, and conclude that there is no…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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