Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Watkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 24, 2015No. SJC 09950PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
In June, 2005, a Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree in the April 26, 2003, shooting death of Paul Coombs on a New Bedford street. The defendant appealed from his convictions and also filed in the Superior Court a motion for a required finding of not guilty, pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (b) (2), as amended, 420 Mass. 1502 (1995), or, in the alternative, for a new trial, pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (a), as appearing in 435 Mass. 1501 (2001). The defendant’s motion for a stay of appeal was allowed so that he could pursue his motion in the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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