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Habeas corpus – Effective assistance – Competency hearing – Insanity defense
Where a petitioner, who was convicted in Massachusetts state court of murder, has challenged a denial of his federal petition for habeas corpus, the denial order should be affirmed on the ground that the petitioner's trial counsel provided competent representation.
Criminal – Immigration consequences – Effective assistance
Where a defendant moved to vacate guilty pleas he entered in 2005, an order denying that motion should be affirmed based on the defendant's failure to show a reasonable probability of a different result had he been properly informed of the immigration consequences of his guilty pleas.
Criminal – Second-degree murder – Effective assistance
Where a defendant moved for a new trial after being convicted of second-degree murder, the motion was correctly denied given the defendant's inability to show that his trial counsel was ineffective.
Search and seizure – Effective assistance
Where a defendant, whose motion to suppress evidence found by the police was denied, now moves for a new trial based on his assertion that his counsel was ineffective in not seeking interlocutory review of the order denying the suppression motion, the motion for a new trial must be denied because of the defendant's inability to show that an application for interlocutory review would have been succ[...]
Criminal – Murder – Effective assistance
Where a defendant serving a life sentence for murder in the second degree moved for a new trial, the motion was properly denied because of the defendant's failure to establish the ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
