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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

No. 89-P-458.

30 Mass. App. Ct. 543 (1991)

571 N.E.2d 29

COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE WILLIAMS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Brandt, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Mark D. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, KASS, & LAURENCE, JJ.

DREBEN, J.

In his trial on an indictment charging murder in the first degree in the death of his wife, Regina Williams, by strangulation, the defendant's main defenses were based on his mental condition. On appeal from his conviction2 of murder in the second degree, he claims that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney (1) elicited from his own witness...

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