Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Acevedo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 2, 1998PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
We granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review of his conviction of murder in the second degree. He argues that the Appeals Court, in an unpublished memorandum and order (43 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 [1997]), applied the wrong standard of review in passing on certain claims of error in the trial judge’s jury instructions. We agree with the defendant.
Although the alleged errors were not preserved for appellate review, the trial judge fully addressed certain of them in denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial. Because the defendant’s appeal from that denial is presented in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BoucherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Lynch v. FiccoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Dagley v. RussoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
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