Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Walter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 16, 1986PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
On March 31, 1981, a jury convicted the defendant, Leroy Walter, of unarmed robbery. The Appeals Court summarily affirmed the conviction, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 1303 (1982), and we denied further appellate review. In October of 1982, the defendant, pro se, filed a motion for a new trial and counsel was appointed to represent him. That motion was denied and the Appeals Court affirmed, Commonwealth v. Walter, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 82 (1984). We granted the defendant’s petition for further appellate review. The defendant claims that his motion for a new trial was improperly denied because his trial…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- United States v. Garland JeffersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Fogarty v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. ShraiarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. PattersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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