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· 1/4/1994

Commonwealth v. Gelpi

Citations

  • 625 N.E.2d 543
  • 416 Mass. 729
  • 1994 Mass. LEXIS 3

How courts have described this case

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

  • counsel’s failure to object to judge’s omission regarding intent requirement for armed robbery constituted ineffective assistance because, based on evidence, defendant lacked “intent to steal”
  • honest and reasonable belief that property is defendant’s negates intent to steal
  • failure to object to instruction constituted ineffective assistance of counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, Greanby

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