COMMONWEALTH v. ATENCIO


345 Mass. 627 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 223

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES F. ATENCIO (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 28, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Chisholm for the defendants.

Alfred L. Bunai, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, KIRK, & REARDON, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

Each defendant has been convicted upon an indictment for manslaughter in the death of Stewart E. Britch and upon an indictment for illegally carrying a firearm, namely a revolver, on his person in violation of G.L.c. 269, § 10 (as amended through St. 1957, c. 688, § 23).2 The cases, which arose out of a "game" of "Russian roulette," are here on appeals pursuant to G.L...

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