COMMONWEALTH v. BAKER


346 Mass. 107 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 555

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN H. BAKER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon Rosenberg (Richard Paull with him) for the defendant.

Robert W. MacDonald, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

This is an indictment for murder. After our decision on a motion for bail, 343 Mass. 162, the defendant was tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation by the jury that the sentence of death be not imposed. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. G.L.c. 265, § 2 (as amended through St. 1956, c. 731, § 12). In response to a motion for particulars the Commonwealth specified that...

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