COMMONWEALTH v. FERREIRA


373 Mass. 116 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 1264

COMMONWEALTH vs. DANIEL K. FERREIRA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan J. Baronoff for the defendant.

Lance J. Garth, Assistant District Attorney (Mary Alice McLaughlin, Special Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant, Daniel K. Ferreira, brings this appeal pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his conviction of the murder in the first degree of Fall River police Officer John Ruggiero on July 23, 1973. He raises three issues in this appeal: (1) whether it was reversible error for the trial judge to charge the jury as to the sentencing and parole consequences for murder in the first and second degrees; (2) whether the trial judge erred...

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