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COMMONWEALTH v. ROONEY

365 Mass. 484 (1974)

313 N.E.2d 105

COMMONWEALTH vs. LAWRENCE L. ROONEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred P. Farese for the defendant.

Bonnie H. MacLeod-Griffin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

QUIRICO, J.

The defendant was tried on an indictment charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree allegedly committed on June 6, 1971. The jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree, and the mandatory punishment of "imprisonment in the state prison for life" was imposed on him. G.L.c. 265, § 2. The case was tried subject to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33H, and it is here on the defendant's appeal.

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