Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Drew
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 9, 2006PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree in 1981. Before his direct appeal was heard, trial counsel filed a motion for a new trial raising issues that later were raised in his direct appeal. That motion was denied by the trial judge. Also before his direct appeal was heard, counsel assigned to represent the defendant on his direct appeal (not trial counsel) *636filed a second motion for a new trial based on an alleged recantation of testimony by a material witness. That motion was denied by a different judge. The denials of the defendant’s first and second motions for a new trial…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Glen Smith, Elton Rieara, Elvis Smith and Roland GeorgesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Lee v. CorsiniCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Drew v. MacEachernCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- Commonwealth v. MorgantiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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