BLAISDELL v. COMMONWEALTH


372 Mass. 753 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 191

CHARLES BLAISDELL vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. DiMento (Thomas C. Cameron with him) for the plaintiff.

Charles C. Dalton, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LIACOS, J.

The plaintiff here, hereinafter called the defendant, awaits trial in the Superior Court for the county of Essex on an indictment for murder in the first degree. On November 1, 1973, the day after the alleged homicide, the defendant was examined at the Central District Court of Northern Essex by three psychiatrists, two of whom reported to the presiding judge of that court that the defendant was competent to stand trial. The examination in the District...

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