COMMONWEALTH v. ROGERS


351 Mass. 522 (1967)

222 N.E.2d 766

COMMONWEALTH vs. RALPH E. ROGERS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max L. Glazer for the defendant.

William A. Doherty, Assistant District Attorney (James M. McDonough, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him), for the Commonwealth.

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


CUTTER, J.

Rogers was indicted for the murder on November 6, 1964, of Mrs. Patricia Campbell. Trial took place from January 11 to 18, 1966, under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation that the death sentence be not imposed. Rogers was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed. The assignments of error which have been argued are outlined below.

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