COMMONWEALTH v. HARRIS


371 Mass. 462 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 982

COMMONWEALTH vs. JACK ALTON HARRIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret D. McGaughey for the defendant.

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

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


LIACOS, J.

The defendant was found guilty by a jury on indictments charging murder in the first degree (G.L.c. 265, § 1) and armed assault with intent to rob (G.L.c. 265, § 18). He was sentenced to death on the murder charge. After his trial, which occurred in January, 1964, the defendant filed a claim of appeal, but no further action was taken on it. However, in March, 1975, a consent decree was entered before a single justice of this court vacating the...

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