Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Valentin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 8, 2014No. SJC 11581PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
The defendant’s conviction of murder in the first degree was affirmed by this court in 1995. See Commonwealth v. Valentin, 420 Mass. 263 (1995). In 2012, he filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied. The case is now before us pursuant to an order of a single justice of the county court allowing, in part, the defendant’s application for leave to appeal from that denial under G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
We conclude that trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance in failing to impeach a witness as to one of his statements, where counsel’s decision was not manifestly unreasonable and, in…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by20 opinions
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