CONNOLLY v. COMMONWEALTH


366 Mass. 435 (1974)

319 N.E.2d 719

DANIEL R. CONNOLLY vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malvine Nathanson for the petitioner.

Barbara A.H. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

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


BRAUCHER, J.

The petitioner's conviction of murder in the first degree was affirmed on appeal. Commonwealth v. Connolly, 356 Mass. 617 (1970). By this writ of error he asserts that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The case was referred to a special master by a single justice of this court. The special master filed a report recommending that the judgment be affirmed, and a single justice ordered that...

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