· 11/28/1984
Commonwealth v. Healy
Citations
- 471 N.E.2d 359
- 393 Mass. 367
- 1984 Mass. LEXIS 1833
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The judge ... said that defense counsel ... would be perfectly right in filing a motion for a new trial.”
- motion judge who is not the trial judge has discretion
- “From the condition of the victim at the crime scene — semi-naked, bound, pants pulled down, and genitals exposed — it would be reasonable for the police to consider and investigate the possibility that the murder had some connection to sexual activity.”
- defendant’s motive arose on day of the crime
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Nolan, O'Connor
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