COMMONWEALTH v. GERAWAY


355 Mass. 433 (1969)

245 N.E.2d 423

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM GERAWAY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe L. Inker (Paul M. Sullivan with him) for the defendant.

Richard W. Barry, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


CUTTER, J.

Geraway, on September 29, 1967, was charged by indictment with the murder of David Martin Sidlauskas on April 24, 1966, in Quincy not far from the Long Island Hospital. At the trial (February 7-20, 1968) he was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury recommended that the death penalty be not imposed. Geraway appealed. G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.

Only a few assignments of error have been argued. It is desirable, however, as background...

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