· 8/8/1990
Commonwealth v. DeMinico
Citations
- 557 N.E.2d 744
- 408 Mass. 230
- 1990 Mass. LEXIS 359
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that the findings of fact that the trial judge adopted verbatim from the Commonwealth’s memorandum are still “formally” the judge’s and “will stand if supported by evidence”
- de fendant competent to stand trial despite testimony during trial that defendant experiencing psychotic episode
- “[t]he law should not, and does not, give the opinions of experts on either side of . . . [a]n issue the benefit of conclusiveness, even if there are no contrary opinions introduced at the trial”
- defendant competent despite expert opinion that he suffered psychotic episode during trial
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor, Greanby
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