Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cardenuto
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 16, 1990PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
On March 19, 1985, the defendant, Pasquale Cardenuto, was convicted of arson and of burning insured property with intent to defraud an insurer. A Superior Court judge allowed Cardenuto’s motion for postconviction relief by granting a new trial, and the Commonwealth appeals. Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (c) (8), 378 Mass. 900 (1979). Cardenuto has filed a notice of cross appeal and a motion for dismissal or acquittal. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion.
On March 15, 1983, a fire destroyed the building which housed the defendant’s restaurant in Westfield. As a result of this fire,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BacigalupoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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