Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Olszewski
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 30, 1993PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In Commonwealth v. Olszewski, 401 Mass. 749 (1988), we reversed the defendant’s conviction of murder in the first degree and ordered a new trial. A jury in the Superior Court again convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial. The defendant argues numerous errors which he maintains necessitate dismissal of the indictment or a third trial. He also contends that he is entitled to a new trial after…
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