Legal Opinion
Pires v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 8, 1977PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
Eleven months after his convictions on three felony indictments, the petitioner filed a petition for writ of error in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk. He alleged that the failure of his retained counsel to file a timely bill of exceptions or otherwise to preserve his right to seek appellate review of the convictions constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. The matter was referred by the court to a special master and commissioner. After hearing evidence and examining the transcript of the petitioner’s Superior Court trial, the master filed a report in which he…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. RondeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. CheekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Breese v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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