COMMONWEALTH v. RANSOM


358 Mass. 580 (1971)

266 N.E.2d 304

COMMONWEALTH vs. HAROLD E. RANSOM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben Goodman for the defendant.

John T. Gaffney, Assistant District Attorney (James M. McDonough, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him), for the Commonwealth.

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


TAURO, C.J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree on an indictment which charged him with the murder of Theodore Williams on June 1, 1968. The case is here on the defendant's appeal under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.

We summarize the pertinent evidence: On June 1, 1968, as a result of information received, Boston police found the body of the decedent, Theodore Williams, Iying on its back...

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