Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/14/1991

Commonwealth v. Watson

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565 N.E.2d 408
409 Mass. 110
1991 Mass. LEXIS 37

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noting that “[t]he rule of waiver applies ... to constitutional claims which could have been raised, but were not raised on direct appeal or in a prior motion for a new trial”
“The rule of waiver ‘applies equally to constitutional claims which could have been raised, but were not raised’ on direct appeal or in a prior motion for a new trial. Commonwealth v. Deeran, 397 Mass. 136, 139 [1986]”
“A motion for a new trial may not be used as a vehicle to compel review and consideration of questions of law, on which a defendant has had his day in an appellate court, or on which he has foregone that opportunity.”
“A motion for a new trial may not be used as a vehicle to compel review and consideration of questions of law, on which a defendant has had his day in an appellate court, or on which he has foregone that opportunity.”

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, O'Connor, Greaney

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