COMMONWEALTH v. RICE


441 Mass. 291 (2004)

COMMONWEALTH v. JORDAN MARTEL RICE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Lee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Donald A. Harwood for the defendant.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, & CORDY, JJ.


SPINA, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty. He was also convicted of arson. He filed a motion for a new trial alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The motion was denied without a hearing. On appeal the defendant alleges error in (1) the denial of his motion to suppress evidence; (2) the denial of trial counsel's motion to withdraw; (3) the admission...

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