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· 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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