Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lynch
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 2003PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
After a jury trial, Edward H. Lynch, Jr., was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. He subsequently filed motions for a new trial, for funds to conduct postconviction discovery and other investigations, and for a reduced verdict. The motions were denied by the same judge who presided at the trial, and Lynch’s appeal therefrom was consolidated with the direct appeal from his murder conviction.
The claims argued on appeal principally arise out of the denial of Lynch’s motion for a new trial. He first contends that his…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FunchesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Lynch v. FiccoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Commonwealth v. OrtegaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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