Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Watson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 1979PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendant Joseph Watson was convicted of the murder in the first degree of Marshall Joseph Ely. After entering his appeal in this court, he filed a motion for a new trial pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 29, resting in part on the alleged recantation by one of the Commonwealth’s main witnesses of the testimony she had given at the defendant’s trial. The motion was remitted to the Superior Court for hearing and determination. G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
After an evidentiary hearing, the motion for a new trial was denied. The defendant’s appeal from this denial was allowed to be filed by a single…
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