COMMONWEALTH v. HURST


364 Mass. 604 (1974)

307 N.E.2d 835

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM HURST.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

February 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Balliro for the defendant.

Philip A. Rollins, District Attorney (Elizabeth O'Neill LaStaiti, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


BRAUCHER, J.

This is an appeal pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the first degree and from an order denying the defendant's motion for a new trial. The defendant argues a single assignment of error in that denial, based on the failure of the Commonwealth to furnish exculpatory evidence to him. We affirm the conviction.

We summarize the judge's findings and rulings on the motion for a new trial. Before trial, motions...

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