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· 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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