Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/1/2005

Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

Citations

443 Mass. 799
824 N.E.2d 843
2005 Mass. LEXIS 149

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“conduct can serve as a substitute for words, and to the extent it communicates a message, hearsay considerations apply”
\It is significant that there is no affidavit from trial counsel to inform us of his strategic reasons for these decisions\
\It is significant that there is no affidavit from trial counsel to inform us of his strategic reasons for these decisions\
\It is significant that there is no affidavit from trial counsel to inform us of his strategic reasons for these decisions\
trial counsel's failure to call expert to testify that victim's wounds were caused by right-handed assailant was not ineffective where \claim is entirely speculative\ and \no evidence or affidavit indicat[es] that an expert could make such a determination\
counsel not ineffective where witness's anticipated testimony diverged from prior version

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Judges: Cowin

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