Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Street
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 3, 1983PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The principal issue in this case is whether the defendant was deprived of effective assistance of counsel as a result of trial counsel’s eleventh hour decision, in closing argument, to abandon an insanity defense to indictments charging murder in the first degree and assault with intent to murder, being armed with a dangerous weapon. We hold that the defendant is entitled to a new trial.
The defendant was employed under the name Gary Kagan as a dishwasher at the C’est Si Bon restaurant on Arlington Street in Boston. This restaurant was managed by the decedent, Mark Robinson, and John Aument.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BryantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Richard A. Street v. George Vose, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Commonwealth v. MerolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. FullerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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