Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Burke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 11, 1993PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
On May 26, 1989, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty and deliberate premeditation. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment. Follow ing the withdrawal of his trial counsel, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial in the Supreme Judicial Court. The motion was referred to a single justice in the county court who remanded the motion to the Superior Court, where the trial judge denied it without a hearing. The defendant now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial and from his conviction. We…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. WaiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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