Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Filippidakis
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 7, 1991No. 90-P-354PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Convicted on August 31", 1989, of receiving stolen goods (from a Caldor store) and trafficking in more than 100 grams of cocaine,1 the defendant Filippidakis, through new counsel, moved on February 7, 1990, for a new trial on the ground that his trial counsel had not afforded *680him effective assistance. Upon consideration of the trial record and affidavits filed in support of the motion, the trial judge denied the motion with an explanatory memorandum; he did not think an evidentiary hearing was called for. From the order of denial, the defendant takes his appeal. We affirm.
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