PINNEY v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12197.

479 Mass. 1001 (2018)

FREDERICK PINNEY v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

February 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thompson ( Linda J. Thompson also present) for the petitioner.

Bethany C. Lynch , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.


RESCRIPTS

Frederick Pinney is charged with murder in the first degree. After his first trial ended in a mistrial, he moved to dismiss the indictment on the basis that the evidence presented was legally insufficient to warrant a conviction, and therefore retrying him would violate the guarantee against double jeopardy. The trial judge denied the motion, and Pinney then filed a petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, in the county court, seeking review of that...

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