Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kerrigan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 8, 1965PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
1. This is the third time that this court has dealt with the conviction of the defendant for murder in the first degree of Officer Lawrence W. Gorman. See 345 Mass. 508; 346 Mass. 786. The second decision affirmed the Superior Court’s denial on December 23, 1963, of a motion for a new trial, the motion not having been filed within one year. G. L. c. 278, § 29, as amended by St. 1962, c. 310, § 1.
Statute 1964, c. 82, amended § 29, to read, “If it appears to the court that justice has not been done, a justice of the superior court may at any time, upon motion in writing of the defendant, grant…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. Philip Vita and Jerald CarmelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by16 opinions
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