Commonwealth v. Carver

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that \[the judge] acted within his discretion\ in excluding \evidence that [Carver] had been acquitted of making threats to burn ... Project Rap\
• where defendant, upon counsel’s advice, chose “all or nothing” strategy and did not request manslaughter charge, no error in omission
• judge “entitled to use his knowledge and evaluation of the evidence at trial in reaching a decision” on criminal defendant’s motion for new trial
• judge \entitled to use his knowledge and evaluation of the evidence at trial in reaching a decision\ on motion for new trial
• judge can increase severity of sentence if it appears justice may not have been done
• a motion judge may rule on issues raised by a new trial motion without a hearing if no new substantial issue is raised by the motions or affidavits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).