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· 7/5/1990

Commonwealth v. Bousquet

Citations

  • 556 N.E.2d 37
  • 407 Mass. 854
  • 1990 Mass. LEXIS 306

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • rejecting contention that prosecutor required to instruct grand jurors on differences between murder in first degree and second degree and manslaughter
  • affirming transfer, especially in view of \heinous nature\ of crime charged
  • decision not to call expert did not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel where evidence overwhelmingly demonstrated that defendant was capable of possessing requisite intent
  • \[T]he question was one of credibility for the finder of fact and we shall not substitute our judgment for that of the trial judge\
  • \[T]he question was one of credibility for the finder of fact and we shall not substitute our judgment for that of the trial judge\
  • transfer proper where counsel on notice of nature of hearing and \had a sufficient basis to conclude that the interests of the public required transfer\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor, Greaney

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