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COMMONWEALTH v. FISHER

354 Mass. 549 (1968)

238 N.E.2d 525

COMMONWEALTH vs. RONALD FISHER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

June 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Rubin of New York (Edward N. Hurley with him) for the defendant.

Matthew J. Ryan, Jr., District Attorney (Leonard E. Gibbons, Assistant District Attorney, with him), for the Commonwealth.

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

SPIEGEL, J.

The defendant was tried on an indictment which charged that on July 1, 1966, he "did assault and beat Carolyn Willis with intent to murder her, and by such assault and beating did kill and murder the said Carolyn Willis." The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The case was tried subject to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and is here by appeal.

We summarize pertinent portions of the evidence. The defendant was questioned...

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