Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bertrand
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1982PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant, Richard Bertrand, was convicted of murder in the second degree. After a hearing, the trial judge denied his motion for a new trial, and we trans ferred his appeal from that denial to this court on our own motion. His concurrent claim of appeal under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, 1 raises substantially the same issues as his appeal from the denial of his motion for a new trial. 2 We treat both appeals as properly before this court. We have reviewed the entire record, including the transcripts, of the defendant’s conviction under G. L. c. 278, § 33E. We find no abuse of discretion in the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MerolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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