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COMMONWEALTH v. DOHERTY

353 Mass. 197 (1967)

229 N.E.2d 267

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM R. DOHERTY. (and four companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 22, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Balliro for the defendant Landry.

Charles M. Burnim for the defendant Janice M. Doherty.

James J. Twohig for the defendant Connor.

Alfred P. Farese for the defendant William R. Doherty.

Murray P. Reiser, Assistant District Attorney (James M. McDonough, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him), for the Commonwealth.

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

WHITTEMORE, J.

Donald E. Landry (Emo Landry) and James J. Connor (indicted as John Doe) were found guilty of murder in the first degree of Robert W. Davis. There was evidence to show that the crime was committed shortly before 3 A.M. on May 1, 1965. The jury recommended that the death penalty not be imposed. William R. Doherty and his wife, Janice M. Doherty, were found guilty of being accessories before the fact to murder in the first degree with recommendation that...

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