Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Goodreau
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 12, 2004PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The issue on appeal is whether the motion judge abused his considerable discretion when, without first conducting an evidentiary hearing, he denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The Appeals Court, opining that the affidavits submitted in support of the motion were sufficient to raise a serious issue with respect to the defendant’s competence at the time of his guilty plea, held that the judge had abused his discretion in ruling on the motion without an evidentiary hearing. Commonwealth v. Goodreau, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 552, 558-559 (2003). We granted the Commonwealth’s application for…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. BysMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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