COMMONWEALTH v. LePAGE


352 Mass. 403 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 200

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH F. LePAGE (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Forte (Frank J. Opie with him) for the defendant LePage.

Robert U. Holden (Arthur J. Travers with him) for the defendant Eskedahl.

Richard S. Kelley, Assistant District Attorney (Ruth I. Abrams, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


CUTTER, J.

LePage and Eskedahl were each found guilty of the murder, in the first degree, of Dr. Dalton C. O'Brien and of armed assault with intent to rob him. There was a recommendation that sentence of death be not imposed. Each defendant appealed. On the evidence the following facts could be found.

About midnight of the night of March 10 to 11, 1964, Dr. and Mrs. O'Brien were in their house near Fresh Pond, Cambridge. The lights were out. The front door...

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