Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/14/2002
Commonwealth v. Balliro
Citations
- 437 Mass. 163
- 769 N.E.2d 1258
- 2002 Mass. LEXIS 391
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that after a defendant pleads guilty “nothing more is required except for the court to give judgment and sentence”
- appellate counsel cannot be ineffective for failing to challenge trial counsel’s effectiveness if trial counsel was effective
- \A motion for a new trial may not be used to compel the review of issues on which the defendant has already had appellate review or issues on which the defendant has forgone the opportunity\
- “[W]e do not automatically infer a conflict of interest from dual or joint representation alone. . . . Furthermore, when a conflict arises from the dual representation of clients, discontinued representation of one will generally alleviate the conflict”
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Judges: Ireland
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-05-16· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. EdwardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-09-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. McCullochMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-01-24· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BertholdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-10· cited 16×
- State v. MarkHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-05-08· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. HamptonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-07-18· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. TerzianMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-08-31· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. ZabekMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-10-28· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. CoralMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-07-14· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-04-04· cited 2×
- Finn v. ThompsonD. Massachusetts· 2007-07-19· cited 1×
- Guerrero v. RyanD. Massachusetts· 2015-07-24· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. BillingsleaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-04-30
- Porter v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-07-23
- Commonwealth v. ChiappiniMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-07-10
- Commonwealth v. SpillaneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-16
- Commonwealth v. HendersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-13
- Commonwealth v. ProulxMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-16
- Commonwealth v. RossMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-01-28
- Commonwealth v. KartellMassachusetts Superior Court· 2005-10-25
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-08-18· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-04-07· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. BalliroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-07-02· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. BernierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-03-08· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. DeMarcoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-10-18· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. GagliardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-08-04· cited 57×
- Angelo Frank Lugo v. United StatesNinth Circuit· 1965-09-20· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. DeeranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-19· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. RussinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-09· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-14· cited 47×
- Breese v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-05-13· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-10· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. RobbinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-11· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. PattersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-12-06· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. LaFleurMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-05-25· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BalliroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-02· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-12-31· cited 4×
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