Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cruzado
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 10, 2018No. SJC 11670PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBudd, J.
**276 On November 26, 2010, the day after Thanksgiving, Frederick Allen, III, was found dead in his home. The defendant, Mario Cruzado, was convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with the killing. In this consolidated appeal from the judgment of conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial, the defendant argues that errors committed by his counsel and by the judge require a *736 reversal of his conviction. Upon review, we affirm and decline to reduce or set aside his conviction under G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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