COMMONWEALTH v. TATE

SJC-13227.

490 Mass. 501 (2022)

COMMONWEALTH v. WILL TATE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew H. Feinberg for the defendant.

Stephen C. Nadeau, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Merritt Schnipper , for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


In this case, we are asked to decide whether a defendant is entitled to a new trial on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel where, prior to trial, defense counsel disclosed confidential information to the Commonwealth concerning the location of what became key incriminating evidence. This decision rests in part upon a determination...

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