Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wilson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 22, 2004PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In 1977, the defendant was found guilty on two charges of murder in the second degree and one of armed *124robbery.1 At the time, although “a claim of appeal” was filed, the defendant never pursued it.2 However, the court later affirmed the denial of the defendant’s motion to set aside the convictions made pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (a), 378 Mass. 900 (1979), based on claimed violations of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD). St. 1965, c. 892. Commonwealth v. Wilson, 399 Mass. 455 (1987). In 1996, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied by a Superior Court…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Ouber v. GuarinoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. PetetabellaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. ParreiraMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
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