COMMONWEALTH v. ELLIS


373 Mass. 1 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 808

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM ROBERT ELLIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Donahue for the defendant.

James W. Sahakian, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree of one Stephen G. DeVita. He appeals from that conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial, arguing a variety of issues, substantially all of which relate to rulings admitting evidence offered by the Commonwealth. We affirm the conviction.

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