Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Buckman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 29, 2011PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. He filed a notice of appeal on October 2, 1998, the day of the conviction, but appellate proceedings were stayed for several years pending the defendant’s requests for further investigation. On March 30, 2005, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial that was augmented and expanded at various times in 2006 and 2007 before being denied without hearing on April 30, 2008. He then filed a supplemental motion for a new trial on August 13, 2009, that was denied…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GreinederMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. BrittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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