Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Davis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 16, 1991PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree, and we affirmed the conviction. Commonwealth v. Davis, 403 Mass. 575 (1988). On March 16, 1990, the defendant filed a motion in Superior Court for scientific testing of certain physical evidence in the Commonwealth’s possession. Professing his indigence, the defendant also moved for the award of $3,000 to cover the cost of the testing pursuant to G. L. c. 261, § 27C (4) (1990 ed.) (regarding costs to indigents). The trial judge allowed the motion for testing, but denied the motion for costs. The defendant appealed from the denial…
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- Commonwealth v. ConceicaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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