Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/15/2014

Commonwealth v. Riley

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467 Mass. 799
7 N.E.3d 1060
2014 WL 1408749
2014 Mass. LEXIS 213

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explaining that failure to act on parental duties to care for children “can constitute murder or involuntary manslaughter” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
defendant’s abuse toward other children probative of his state of mind toward child who was victim of murder
implicitly discrediting trial counsel's affidavit concerning alleged deficiencies in his investigation \was within the province of the judge\
motion judge who also was trial judge may use knowledge and evaluation of evidence at trial in determining whether to hold evidentiary hearing on motion for new trial

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Judges: Botsford, Duefly

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