Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Teti
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 6, 2004No. 01-P-1181PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKantrowitz, J.
The defendant, Joseph Teti, appeals from his convictions of two indictments charging trafficking in cocaine.1 He claims that (1) his Federal and State rights to counsel were violated due to the existence of a conflict of interest in one or both of his trial attorneys; and (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.
The evidence. The record, murky in some areas, supports the following recitation. Matthew Deignan, a special agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, was led to the defendant by an informant named Leo Lobello. Lobello had *281been a friend of the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Nix v. WhitesideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Teti v. BenderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
- State of Iowa v. Robert Lynn VaughanCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2014