Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Frank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 12, 2001PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of kidnapping and murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel, he has appealed from the judgments of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. His principal argument on appeal is that his trial counsel furnished him with constitutionally inadequate representation by (1) failing to present expert medical testimony that the defendant’s intoxication on the night of the killing would have rendered him incapable of forming the specific intent…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GentileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. DenisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. ArriagaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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