Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/9/1989

Commonwealth v. Griffith

Citations

534 N.E.2d 1153
404 Mass. 256
1989 Mass. LEXIS 69

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defense counsel’s failure to develop intoxication defense through expert testimony did not constitute ineffective assistance where expert testimony would not have accomplished something material for defense
“The right to claim self-defense is forfeited by one who commits armed robbery”
“In this Commonwealth a ‘judge is not required to give a cautionary instruction to the jury1 on accomplice credibility.” (Quoting Commonwealth v. Watkins, 377 Mass. 385, 389, 385 N.E.2d 1387, 1390, cert. denied, 442 U.S. 932, 99 S.Ct. 2866, 61 L.Ed.2d 301 (1979
“In this Commonwealth a ‘judge is not required to give a cautionary instruction to the jury1 on accomplice credibility.” (Quoting Commonwealth v. Watkins, 377 Mass. 385, 389, 385 N.E.2d 1387, 1390, cert. denied, 442 U.S. 932, 99 S.Ct. 2866, 61 L.Ed.2d 301 (1979).)
counsel's tactics not ineffective assistance \[c]onsidering the overwhelming evidence against the defendant\
counsel's tactic not ineffective \[c]onsidering the overwhelming evidence against the defendant\

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor

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