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COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERTSON

357 Mass. 559 (1970)

259 N.E.2d 553

COMMONWEALTH vs. DONALD J. ROBERTSON (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Quarles, Sr., & Edward A. Shapiro for the defendant.

Lawrence L. Cameron, Assistant District Attorney (Alvan Brody with him) for the Commonwealth.

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

REARDON, J.

The defendant was tried under the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, on six indictments, two of which charged him with murder in the first degree, two with rape, and two with robbery. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree and robbery and he was sentenced to death on the indictments charging murder. He was acquitted of rape. A motion to set aside the verdicts or grant a new trial...

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