Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Doherty
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 26, 1985PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant appeals from the denial of his amended motion for new trial. Mass. R. Crim. P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979). Following a jury trial with a codefendant, Robert Stewart, in November, 1974, the defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree (the Sherter murder), and of armed assault in a dwelling house with intent to rob. He appealed the convictions under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and we affirmed.1 Commonwealth v. Doherty, 371 Mass. 413 (1976). The defendant filed an amended motion for new trial in May, 1982. Following discovery, a judge of the Superior Court2 conducted an…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Massachusetts v. UptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. StockhammerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. SandsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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