Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hurley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 7, 1984PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The defendant, John Kevin Hurley, requests that this court reinstate his appeal and reconsider his case under G. L. c. 278, § 33E. The defendant has been convicted of murder in the first degree. On appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial, we held that the defendant was entitled to a new trial because he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. Commonwealth v. Cobb, 379 Mass. 456, 461-462, vacated sub nom. Massachusetts v. Hurley, 449 U.S. 809 (1980). We held that a conflict of interests resulted from an attorney’s representation of both the defendant and a prosecution…
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