Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/13/1985

Commonwealth v. Fuller

Citations

475 N.E.2d 381
394 Mass. 251
1985 Mass. LEXIS 1387

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if Massachusetts standard for ineffective assistance of counsel is met, federal test is necessarily met
“Consideration of the Massachusetts test of ineffective assistance of counsel . . . leads us to the conclusion that if the Saferian test is met, the Federal test is necessarily met as well”
“if the Saferian test is met, the Federal test is necessarily met as well”
there must be a loss of an otherwise available, substantial ground of defense
counsel was not ineffective for failure to present jury evidence that defendant’s back injury made it impossible for him to have drowned the victim where counsel “didn’t believe it would be believable to the jury”

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Lynch

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