COMMONWEALTH v. RICARD


355 Mass. 509 (1969)

246 N.E.2d 433

COMMONWEALTH vs. DELPHA D. RICARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Harper for the defendant.

Joseph P. Harrington, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WHITTEMORE, J.

Ricard was indicted for and found guilty of the murder of Charles C. King in New Bedford on May 14, 1966. The jury recommended that the death penalty not be imposed. On appeal under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, Ricard contends that it was error for the judge (1) not to put questions to prospective jurors as to their views about psychiatrists and insanity or to permit their examination on a voir dire; and (2) not to direct a verdict for him on the...

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