Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Martin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 15, 1998PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
In November, 1992, a jury convicted the *817defendant of murder in the first degree of Richard M. Alfredo.1 The appeal was entered here in January, 1995. On October 18, 1995, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial which a single justice of this court ordered transferred to the Superior Court for disposition. The trial judge had retired, and another judge held an evidentiary hearing on the motion in May, 1996.
On June 30, 1997, based on his conclusions stated in a thorough memorandum which considered the evidence at trial and the evidence presented to him, the judge allowed the new trial…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by115 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DegroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. CoonanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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