COMMONWEALTH v. LaCORTE


373 Mass. 700 (1977)

369 N.E.2d 1006

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL V. LaCORTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. McBride for the defendant.

William J. Doyle, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant Michael V. LaCorte (LaCorte) was indicted for murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Richard White in White's Boston apartment on May 29, 1974. After a five-day trial in the Superior Court, a jury found LaCorte guilty of murder in the second degree, and the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. The defendant's assignments of error are here pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. We conclude that...

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