Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lydon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 29, 1992PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and of unlawful possession of a firearm. He filed postconviction motions for a new trial and for interviews of jurors and an amended motion based on ineffective assistance of counsel. A single justice of this court remanded the motions to the Superior Court for findings and hearing and ordered a stay of the appellate proceedings. After a hearing, a Superior Court judge made findings of fact and rulings of law and denied the defendant’s amended motion. The defendant appealed. We reverse the conviction of murder in the first degree and…
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