Commonwealth v. Nettis, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1994

Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Date: 1994-10-06 Opinion type: combined Author: Nolan Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch Precedential status: Published

Nolan, J.

This case requires us to consider whether a single justice of this court improperly denied the Commonwealth’s petition for relief where the trial judge declared a mistrial after the verdict had been affirmed and recorded because the jury had not agreed unanimously to the verdict in open court. There was no error in the single justice’s denial