Commonwealth v. Perkins

3 Citing cases

  1. Perkins v. Russo

    586 F.3d 115 (1st Cir. 2009)   Cited 9 times
    Explaining that prosecution's knowing use of perjured testimony renders a conviction fundamentally unfair, and requires setting it aside if there is any reasonable likelihood the testimony could have affected the jury's judgment

    Perkins' conviction was affirmed on direct appeal in September 1997. Commonwealth v. Perkins, 43 Mass.App.Ct. 1111, 684 N.E.2d 270 (1997). He filed several post-conviction motions for a new trial in state court thereafter, each of which was denied.

  2. Perkins v. Russo

    C.A. No. 02-10460-MLW (D. Mass. Oct. 31, 2008)   Cited 1 times

    Petitioner was found guilty by a Massachusetts Superior Court jury of fourteen charges arising from the violent armed robbery and kidnapping of James Martin. See Commonwealth v. Perkins, No. 95-P-1915, 1 (Mass.App.Ct. Sept. 19, 1997). He raised the grounds at issue here, grounds five and six, in a second motion for a new trial, having previously raised grounds one through four on direct appeal and on a prior motion for a new trial.

  3. Perkins v. Russo

    C.A. No. 02-10460-MLW (D. Mass. Aug. 31, 2007)   Cited 11 times

    The petitioner was found guilty by a Massachusetts Superior Court jury of fourteen charges arising from a violent armed robbery and kidnapping of James Martin. See Commonwealth v. Perkins, No. 95-P-1915, 1 (Mass.App.Ct. Sept. 19, 1997) ("Perkins I"). The petitioner appealed and raised grounds one and two of the instant petition, which contend that he was denied his right to confront Martin, who served as a government witness, and that his closing arguments were improperly limited. Id. at 1-5.