Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cohen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 7, 1992PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The defendant, Columbus T. Cohen, Jr., appeals from his convictions of the murder in the first degree of Kevin E. Shivers and the murder in the second degree of Johnnie Edward Shivers. The defendant contends on appeal that: (1) the trial judge erred in denying his motion for required findings of not guilty; (2) specific instances of the prosecutor’s conduct were improper; (3) defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance; and (4) testimony of witnesses improperly conveyed a third person’s consciousness of the defendant’s guilt.
Testimony presented at trial warranted the jury’s finding the…
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