Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Egardo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 29, 1997PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was convicted of drug trafficking in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (h)(4), on February 12, 1991,1 and the Appeals Court affirmed the conviction in an unpublished memorandum pursuant to its rule 1:28. Commonwealth v. *49Egardo, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 (1992).2 The defendant subsequently acquired new counsel and moved for a new trial in the Superior Court, arguing for the first time, ineffective assistance of counsel. The motion judge denied the motion, but the Appeals Court ordered a new trial. Commonwealth v. Egardo, 42 Mass. App. 41 (1997).3 We granted the Commonwealth’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. PeloquinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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