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Commonwealth v. Smith

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 10, 1973PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.

Smith appeals under G. L. c. 278, § § 33A-33G, from a denial of his motion for a new trial, after he was convicted on June 18, 1970, for the illegal sale of heroin and the illegal possession of a firearm. He assigns as error the ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because of an alleged conflict of interest.

The two indictments against Smith arose out of events which occurred on December 26, 1969, when Smith was arrested for an unlawful sale of heroin to one Reed. Reed was also arrested at that time. Reed…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Whitling v. RussellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. Commonwealth v. McGrathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  5. United States Ex Rel. Williamson v. LaValleeDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. United States v. Garland JeffersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. GoldmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985

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