Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree on the theory of deliberate premeditation. Defendant appealed, asserting, among other claims, that he was entitled to a new trial because he was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel for two reasons. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions and declined to exercise its authority to order a new trial or to reduce the verdict of murder in the first degree, holding (1) counsel’s alleged errors were not likely to have influenced the jury’s conclusion; and (2) Defendant’s claims that various errors were made by the prosecutor and judge were without merit.
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