Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 22, 2011PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
After his conviction in 2005 of murder in the first degree and carrying a firearm without a license, and while his appeal to this court was pending, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial and a motion for postconviction discovery relating to evidence not disclosed by the Commonwealth. We remanded the motions to the Superior Court. After separate hearings on the motions, the trial judge granted the defendant’s motion for a new *11trial. The Commonwealth has now appealed. We affirm the judge’s order granting the defendant a new trial.
1. Background. The undisclosed evidence consisted of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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