Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stewart
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 1, 1981PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial. Mass. R. Crim. P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979). At issue is whether the defendant’s motion raised a substantial issue requiring an evidentiary hearing. In his motion for a new trial, the defendant asserted that newly discovered evidence indicates the Commonwealth knowingly allowed its key witness to testify falsely that there had been no promises or inducements made to him by the government in exchange for his testimony in this case. The defendant claims that the motion judge’s failure to grant him an evidentiary hearing on his…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by151 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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