COMMONWEALTH v. PICKLES


364 Mass. 395 (1973)

305 N.E.2d 107

COMMONWEALTH vs. GREGORY PICKLES (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Hutton, Jr. (Henry E. Quarles with him) for the defendants.

Robert J. Glass, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


BRAUCHER, J.

After a joint trial, a jury found the defendants, Pickles and McDonald, guilty of murder in the first degree and recommended that the death penalty be not imposed. They were sentenced to life imprisonment and appealed pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. They argue seven points relating to the admission and exclusion of evidence, including claims that evidence of illegal acts by the defendants was improperly...

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