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COMMONWEALTH v. RODRIGUEZ

370 Mass. 684 (1976)

352 N.E.2d 203

COMMONWEALTH vs. ISMAEL BENITEZ RODRIGUEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen Gallagher for the defendant.

Louis M. Nordlinger, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant, Ismael Benitez Rodriguez was indicted for murder in the second degree for the killing of Ismael Melendez (victim). At trial, Rodriguez admitted that he had killed the victim, but claimed that he had acted in self-defense. The jury found Rodriguez guilty of manslaughter and the judge sentenced him to a term of imprisonment of three to six years. The case is before us pursuant to the provisions...

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