Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Toney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 18, 1982PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
On March 7, 1979, the defendant was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree on an indictment comprehending murder in the first degree. The defendant moved for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. After the motion was denied, the defendant filed her claim of appeal from both the verdict and the denial of the motion. New counsel was appointed, and on April 22, 1980, the defendant filed a second motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. Mass. R. Grim. P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979). The trial judge denied the motion…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Alberty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by177 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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