COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERIO


428 Mass. 278 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. JEFFREY S. ROBERIO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

October 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew R. Silverman, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

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

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, GREANEY, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The defendant appeals from convictions of murder in the first degree and armed robbery and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that he is entitled to a new trial because he was denied effective assistance of counsel. After an evidentiary hearing, the judge determined that defense counsel's decision not to investigate a defense of lack of criminal responsibility fell measurably below the...

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