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Commonwealth v. Bannister

Citations

  • 443 N.E.2d 1325
  • 15 Mass. App. Ct. 71
  • 1983 Mass. App. LEXIS 1157

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  • trial counsel’s failure to object to certain testimony and failure to file motions to suppress evidence did not constitute ineffective assistance where the actions were a result of a tactical decision to pursue a defense of lack of criminal responsibility
  • “ ‘[t]o the extent that the defendant’s motion [for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel] was based on facts which were neither agreed upon nor apparent on the face of the record, he had the burden of proving such facts’ ”

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Judges: Perretta, Cutter, Kass

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