Dickerson v. Attorney General

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• for purpose of equal protection analysis, standard of review under State and Federal Constitutions is identical
• “The due process clause does not require a State to afford any appellate process whatsoever”
• standard of review for purposes of equal protection under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights is the same as under the Fourteenth Amendment
• defendants convicted of murder in first degree are referred to as “capital” defendants, although capital punishment is not currently recognized in Commonwealth
• “For the purpose of equal protection analysis, our standard of review under ... the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights is the same as under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution”
• “The due process clause does not require a State to afford any appellate process whatsoever”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).