COMMONWEALTH v. CHASE


348 Mass. 100 (1964)

202 N.E.2d 300

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD E. CHASE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Hurley for the defendant.

John J. Jennings, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


CUTTER, J.

This case arises out of the same homicide on January 12, 1956, which was discussed in Metcalf v. Commonwealth, 338 Mass. 648. For that homicide, Metcalf, then thirteen, and the defendant, Chase, then fifteen, were indicted on May 16, 1956, for murder in the first degree. On June 7, 1956, Chase's plea of guilty to murder in the second degree on that indictment (No. 46,181) was accepted by a Superior Court...

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