Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wade
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 14, 2014PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
On September 8, 1997, a Superior Court jury convicted Robert D. Wade of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder and aggravated rape. On direct appeal, the conviction of murder was affirmed and the conviction of aggravated rape was vacated as duplicative. See Commonwealth v. Wade, 428 Mass. 147, 155 (1998). Since at least December, 2002, Wade has sought unsuccessfully to obtain deoxyribo-nucleic acid (DNA) testing of the physical evidence that was used to support the expert opinion evidence introduced at trial.1 In 2012, the Legislature enacted G. L. c. 278A, “An Act providing…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Skinner v. SwitzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. CoutuMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. WadeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. FredetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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