Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Moore
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 16, 2016No. SJC 11582PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
We consider here five questions reported by a Superior Court judge to the Appeals Court concerning the effect of an amendment to Mass. R. Prof. C. 3.5 (c), as appearing in 471 Mass. 1428 (2015) (rule 3.5 [c]), regarding an attorney’s ability to communicate, postverdict, with jurors who deliberated on, or were discharged from, the attorney’s client’s case. Rule 3.5 (c) became effective on July 1, 2015.
1. Background. From February 13 to March 22, 2012, the defendant was tried in the Superior Court in Suffolk County on charges of murder in the first degree (four counts), G. L. c. 265, § 1; home…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Woodward v. LeavittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. AugustineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. Pytou HeangMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. DiBenedettoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. VinesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. BlanchardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
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