Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dixon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 11, 1985PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of two counts of mayhem, two counts of kidnapping, one count of aggravated rape, and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He subsequently filed motions for a new trial and for a postverdict inquiry of the jurors. A judge of the Superior Court denied these motions, and the defendant appealed. The Appeals Court affirmed the judgments, 18 Mass. App. Ct. 1107 (1984), reasoning that the trial judge did not err in refusing to conduct a postverdict inquiry of the jurors because the defendant had failed to sustain his burden of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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