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COMMONWEALTH v. DeVINCENT

421 Mass. 64 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. RONALD P. DeVINCENT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

August 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Greta A. Janusz for the defendant.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

LIACOS, C.J.

In this case, before this court on further appellate review, we address whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying, without an evidentiary hearing, the defendant's motion for a new trial based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.1 We conclude that the defendant failed to raise a substantial issue that would merit an evidentiary hearing under Mass. R. Crim. P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979). Therefore, we...

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