COMMONWEALTH v. GRAVES


363 Mass. 863 (1973)

299 N.E.2d 711

COMMONWEALTH vs. HERBERT GRAVES, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Featherstone, Jr., for the defendant.

Stephen R. Delinsky, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


TAURO, C.J.

The defendant Graves and a codefendant Johnson were tried jointly before a jury for the murder of James B. O'Leary, a Boston police officer.1 Graves, who testified in his own defence, was convicted of first degree murder (with a recommendation by the jury for leniency), armed robbery, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. He received concurrent sentences of life...

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