Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Grace
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 29, 1978PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendants appeal from the denial of their second motion for a new trial. We have already affirmed their convictions and the denial of their first motions for new trials, Commonwealth v. Grace, 370 Mass. 746 (1976) (Frank); Commonwealth v. Grace, 370 Mass. 759 (1976) (Ross). Although both defendants had obtained plenary review pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, neither obtained approval from a single justice to pursue these appeals, as required by the statute. See G. L. c. 278, § 33E. After exhaustive and plenary review under § 33E, such approval is required. These appeals are, therefore,…
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