COMMONWEALTH v. SIRES


370 Mass. 541 (1976)

350 N.E.2d 460

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM SIRES, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

June 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. O'Connor for the defendant.

John T. McDonough, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This is an appeal under the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the first degree following a jury trial in Superior Court in Berkshire County. The defendant argues several assignments of error concerning: (1) the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress certain inculpatory statements made by him after his arrest; (2) the denial of his motion for a new trial; (3) the competency of the defendant's sister to...

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