COMMONWEALTH v. DAHL


430 Mass. 813 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. KEVIN DAHL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Traft for the defendant.

Paul B. Linn, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 His motion for postconviction relief brought in this court pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979), and G. L. c. 278, § 33E, was denied by the trial judge after an evidentiary hearing. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that his trial counsel was subject...

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