Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dahl
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 18, 2000PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 His motion for postconviction relief brought in this court pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. R 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979), and G. L. c. 278, § 33E, was denied by the trial judge after an evidentiary hearing. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that his trial counsel was subject to a disabling conflict of interest and failed in other respects to provide him with constitutionally adequate representation. The defendant also maintains that a new trial…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- United States v. Steven B. ZacksonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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3Cited by21 opinions
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