Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mains
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 31, 1978PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree and from the denial of his two motions for a new trial. He contends that (1) the trial judge incorrectly removed from the jury’s consideration the issue of self-defense, (2) the prosecutor improperly failed to disclose information about a prosecution witness, and (3) the defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel. We affirm the conviction.
There was evidence tending to prove the following. On the morning of Tuesday, October 2, 1973, the defendant, the victim and several others were at a construction site in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. LewinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BowmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RondeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. St. GermainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Mains v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. BertrandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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