COMMONWEALTH v. SELLON


380 Mass. 220 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 1329

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM A. SELLON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin S. Louison for the defendant.

Charles J. Hely, Assistant District Attorney (Thomas E. Norton, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of manslaughter on an indictment charging murder in the first degree, the defendant William A. Sellon appeals. G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Sellon also appeals from the denial of a motion for new trial based on a claim that at trial he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The appeals were consolidated, and we transferred the case here on our own motion. We affirm the judgment and the denial of the motion for a new trial.

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