COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS


364 Mass. 145 (1973)

301 N.E.2d 683

COMMONWEALTH vs. BETTY J. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Pizziferri (Joseph A. Todisco with him) for the defendant.

Terence M. Troyer, Assistant District Attorney (Barbara A.H. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, J.

The defendant appeals under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction for murder in the first degree of one Leo J. Bourgault. The jury, under procedure which was appropriate at the time of trial, recommended that the sentence of death be not imposed, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

There was evidence from which the jury were warranted in concluding that about 1 A.M., on the morning of August 17, 1970, the victim...

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