Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DelValle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 1, 2005PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reasons of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The victim was an eighty-seven year old woman who was brutally beaten and strangled during a break-in at her home. Represented by new counsel, the defendant appeals, claiming that (1) the representation provided by his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective; (2) several evidentiary errors were made at trial; (3) three separate instances of prosecutorial misconduct occurred at trial; and (4) the jury instruction on reasonable doubt…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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- Commonwealth v. Pytou HeangMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. O'LaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. RobidouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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