STOKES v. COMMONWEALTH


368 Mass. 754 (1975)

336 N.E.2d 735

JAMES J. STOKES vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Walsh, Jr., for the plaintiff.

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

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


QUIRICO, J.

This case was commenced by a petition for a writ of error filed in the county court. After the writ was issued, and the pleadings were completed, a single justice reserved and reported the case to the full court on the petition, the assignment of alleged errors, the return of the Superior Court, the Commonwealth's answer and a statement of agreed facts.

The petitioner and two codefendants were each indicted, and in a single trial were convicted...

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