Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/6/1989
Commonwealth v. Norman
Citations
- 406 Mass. 1001
- 545 N.E.2d 1155
- 1989 Mass. LEXIS 255
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- defendant’s intact guilty plea to larceny barred subsequent prosecution for armed robbery
- “Ineffective assistance of counsel, however, is something other than a failure of omniscience. Counsel’s failings must be grave and fundamental. . . . Missing a defense that at the time was novel in Massachusetts is the sort of mistake that may be forgiven the ordinary, fallible lawyer”
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Cited by
16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HrycenkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-14· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. CarlinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-08· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. CaufmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-20· cited 35×
- Bynum v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-16· cited 35×
- Matter of HuffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-05· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. SpearMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-10-06· cited 18×
- Jackson v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-10-14· cited 13×
- Edge v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-03· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-06-13· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. AllainMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-06-03· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-10-07· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. LoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-11-04· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-07-08· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-04-11· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. SuttonMassachusetts Superior Court· 1998-12-17
- Commonwealth v. Albert J. ErlerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-10-10
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