Commonwealth v. Weaver

Docket NumberSJC-10932
Decision Date20 July 2016

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31 cases
  • Commonwealth v. Rintala
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • September 27, 2021
    ...admit or exclude the evidence." Canavan's Case, 432 Mass. at 317, 733 N.E.2d 1042 (Greaney, J., concurring). See Commonwealth v. Weaver, 474 Mass. 787, 811, 54 N.E.3d 495 (2016), aff'd, ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S. Ct. 1899, 198 L.Ed.2d 420 (2017) ("Our case law demonstrates that when expert testi......
  • People v. Sivongxxay
    • United States
    • California Supreme Court
    • June 19, 2017
    ...assistance of counsel that results in structural error must establish prejudice from the ineffectiveness. (Commonwealth v. Weaver (2016) 474 Mass. 787, 54 N.E.3d 495, cert. granted sub nom. Weaver v. Massachusetts (2017) ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S.Ct. 809, 196 L.Ed.2d ...
  • Weaver v. Massachusetts
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • June 22, 2017
    ...court stated that petitioner had "failed to show that trial counsel's conduct caused prejudice warranting a new trial." 474 Mass. 787, 814, 54 N.E.3d 495, 520 (2016). On this reasoning, the court rejected petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.There is disagreement among th......
  • Commonwealth v. Cartright
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • November 2, 2017
    ...must show that there was error by trial counsel, and that this error likely influenced the verdict. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Weaver, 474 Mass. 787, 808, 54 N.E.3d 495 (2016), aff'd, ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S.Ct. 1899, 198 L.Ed.2d 420 (2017). Where the asserted error involves the failure to rai......
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