Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Snell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 2, 1999PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree (by reason of deliberate premeditation) of his wife. Represented by new counsel on appeal, he raises twelve arguments in seeking relief from the conviction and from the denial of his motion for postconviction relief under Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (a) and (b), 378 Mass. 900 (1979). The defendant’s principal contentions concern the denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment for the alleged failure of the Commonwealth’s investigators to conduct a proper investigation; the denial of his motion to continue the trial so further…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lewis L. Wayne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- People v. MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Thompson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by54 opinions
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