Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Deschaine
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 30, 2010No. 07-P-791PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatzmann, J.
The defendant, Scott Deschaine, was convicted by a Superior Court jury of assault and battery upon a correction officer, in violation of G. L. c. 127, § 38B. Claiming principally that his trial attorney should have introduced *507psychiatric evidence, he now appeals his conviction, as well as the denial of his motions for a new trial and an evidentiary hearing, and his motion to obtain funds for a psychiatric evaluation. We affirm.
Background. The evidence at trial, presented through the testimony of two correction officers,1 showed the following. On April 12, 2005, the defendant was an inmate at…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- United States v. Sharon Ann RahmCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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