Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DeMinico
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 8, 1990PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant, Joseph C. DeMinico, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and armed robbery. He appeals, alleging error in the judge’s refusal to declare a mistrial on the fifth day of trial, because the defendant allegedly then was incompetent to stand trial. He also alleges that his right to testify was violated because his trial counsel did not permit him to testify in his own defense in spite of the defendant’s desire to do so. The defendant also requests that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1988 ed.), and order a new trial or reduce the verdict to a lesser…
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