Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Croken
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 14, 2000PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant, Richard H. Croken, was convicted on two indictments charging forcible rape of a child under sixteen years, G. L. c. 265, § 22A, and one indictment charging indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen years, G. L. c. 265, § 13B.1 Represented by new counsel on appeal the defendant filed a motion for a new trial raising claims of inef*267fective assistance of trial counsel and a related claim that trial counsel was impaired by a conflict of interest due to an undisclosed intimate relationship he had at the time of representation with an assistant district attorney (to whom…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. ClaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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