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COMMONWEALTH v. SHAFFER

2 Mass. App. Ct. 658 (1974)

318 N.E.2d 914

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERTA E. SHAFFER.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

November 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin S. Louison (Jerry E. Benezra & Sheldon J. Cohen with him) for the defendant.

John P. Connor, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., ROSE, KEVILLE, GRANT, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.

HALE, C.J.

The defendant, having been indicted for the murder of one John Ferruzzo, was tried and convicted of manslaughter1 and was sentenced. From the evidence presented the jury could have found that the defendant, who was separated from her husband and was in the process of being divorced, resided in her own home, a one story ranch house in Sharon, with her two children. The victim, whom the defendant had met in 1968, moved into the...

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