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COMMONWEALTH v. CHESTER

337 Mass. 702 (1958)

150 N.E.2d 914

COMMONWEALTH vs. JACK CHESTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 10, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Goldstein, (David Feinstein with him,) for the defendant.

Myron N. Lane, District Attorney, (Edward H. Libertine, Assistant District Attorney, with him,) for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.

SPALDING, J.

Early in the afternoon of April 20, 1957, the defendant shot and killed Beatrice R. Fishman at her home in Brookline. Under an indictment charging murder, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Since the jury made no recommendation (see G.L.c. 265, § 2, as amended through St. 1951, c. 203) a sentence of death was imposed, and the execution of the sentence was stayed, as required by...

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