COMMONWEALTH v. COSTA


360 Mass. 177 (1971)

274 N.E.2d 802

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANTONE CHARLES COSTA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

November 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice M. Goldman for the defendant.

Richard C. Paull, Assistant District Attorney (Philip A. Rollins, District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., CUTTER, REARDON, QUIRICO, & HENNESSEY, JJ.


HENNESSEY, J.

At a trial subject to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, Costa was found guilty by a jury on two indictments charging him with murder in the first degree of Patricia H. Walsh and Mary Ann Wysocki. The jury recommended that the death penalty not be imposed. The cases are before us on Costa's appeals with summaries of the record, a transcript of the evidence, and assignments of error.

The argued assignments of error relate to the denial of Costa...

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