Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/20/2008

Commonwealth v. Perkins

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450 Mass. 834
883 N.E.2d 230
2008 Mass. LEXIS 233

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holding that a defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his abandoned cigarette butts or a soda can that he left in an interrogation room and were subsequently tested for his DNA
emphasizing “the importance of trial judges being vigilant about conflicts of interest”
\[W]e defer to [the motion] judge's assessment of the credibility of witnesses at the hearing on the new trial motion\ [citation omitted]
criminal defendant generally enjoys right to be represented by counsel of own choosing
\we must defer to [the motion judge's] assessment of witness credibility\ [citation omitted]
defendant must \be able to seek the advice and guidance of his attorney and . . . to rely on the undivided loyalty of his counsel to present the defense case with full force and zealousness\ [citation omitted]

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