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COMMONWEALTH v. MEDINA

20 Mass. App. Ct. 258 (1985)

479 N.E.2d 738

COMMONWEALTH vs. VICTOR MEDINA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Kelleher & James E. McCall for the defendant.

Newman Flanagan, District Attorney, & Timothy M. Burke, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, KAPLAN, & DREBEN, JJ.

BROWN, J.

After trial on an indictment charging murder in the first degree, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter.1 The defendant now claims that his trial counsel failed to provide him with the effective assistance of counsel required by the Federal and State Constitutions. The trial judge denied his motion for a new trial. See Mass.R.Crim.P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979). "An examination of the record shows that the performance of counsel...

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