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COMMONWEALTH v. DOYLE

5 Mass. App. Ct. 544 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 1283

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES A. DOYLE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Connor, Jr., for the defendant.

Roberta Thomas Brown, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KEVILLE, ARMSTRONG, & BROWN, JJ.

KEVILLE, J.

The defendant Doyle was tried on eleven indictments charging him with "procuring the burning of a building in the town of Holliston." A jury found him guilty on eight of the eleven indictments and he was sentenced. He brings this appeal pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. The Commonwealth's chief witness on ten of the eleven indictments was William Canavan, a teenage neighbor of the defendant. Canavan had been acquainted with Doyle for approximately...

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