Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Squailia
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1999PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of the deliberately premeditated murder of his wife. Represented by new counsel, he appeals from the judgment of conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial in which he argued that his trial counsel had provided him with ineffective assistance. We conclude that there is no basis to order a new trial or to grant the defendant relief pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E. Accordingly, we affirm the order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial and the judgment of conviction.
The Commonwealth presented a strong case which warranted the jury’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. LoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. SchnoppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. DaggettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MarshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- United States v. WalterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Commonwealth v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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