Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cassidy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 2014No. SJC 11342PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
In January, 2012, a jury convicted the defendant, Timothy Cassidy, of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the trial judge committed numerous evidentiary errors that undermined the defendant’s right to present his defenses and deprived him of due process and fundamental fairness under the United States Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights; (2) defense counsel misstated evidence during his closing argument; and (3) the judge improperly responded to a question posed by the…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by17 opinions
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