COMMONWEALTH v. SIMPSON


370 Mass. 119 (1976)

345 N.E.2d 899

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM HARRY SIMPSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Healy (Dennis J. Brennan with him) for the defendant.

John M. O'Connor, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

The defendant appeals, pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions of murder in the first degree, armed robbery, and breaking and entering in the daytime. He also appeals from the denial of motions for a new trial. There was no error.

The jury could have found that around sunrise on the morning of March 17, 1974, the defendant and one Wardell Washington broke into an apartment at 51 Wellington Street in Worcester with the intent...

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