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COMMONWEALTH v. LeBLANC

364 Mass. 1 (1973)

299 N.E.2d 719

COMMONWEALTH vs. DAVID L. LeBLANC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 23, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. McNiff for the defendant.

Peter F. Brady, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

KAPLAN, J.

This case touches on the problem of admission of a codefendant's confession under the rule of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, and involves also a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

Indictments returned by an Essex County grand jury on September 23, 1970, accused David LeBlanc (hereafter called the defendant) and his cousin George Jemery of the murder of the defendant's stepfather...

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