COMMONWEALTH v. JACKSON

No. 09-P-220.

78 Mass. App. Ct. 465 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. ALBERT JACKSON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

December 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rankin ( Michelle Menken with him) for the defendant.

Carolyn A. Burbine , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: CYPHER, COHEN, & MILKEY, JJ.


COHEN, J.

The defendant is currently serving a life sentence for the murder in the second degree of Walter Poe. In this appeal from the denial of his motion for a new trial, brought on the ground of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, the defendant's primary claim is that counsel unreasonably failed to introduce Poe's hospital records in evidence. The defendant also faults trial counsel for referring in his...

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