COMMONWEALTH v. PELOQUIN

No. 99-P-1160.

52 Mass. App. Ct. 480 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOHN PELOQUIN.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deirdre Lee Thurber for the defendant.

Gail M. McKenna, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LAURENCE, GILLERMAN, & DOERFER, JJ.


GILLERMAN, J.

The single issue on appeal from the denial of the defendant's motion for a new trial pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 30(a) and (b) is whether the defendant's trial counsel, who was also his counsel on the direct appeal, provided ineffective assistance to the defendant by failing to object to the judge's instructions, and by failing to request a Castle law instruction,1 see...

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