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COMMONWEALTH v. EARLTOP

372 Mass. 199 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 220

COMMONWEALTH vs. CURTIS LEE EARLTOP.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret D. McGaughey for the defendant.

George E. Foote, Jr., Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

WILKINS, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the second degree. The body of the victim, who was a prostitute, was found on February 7, 1971, in a third floor room of a building at 413 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. The defendant challenges (1) the denial of his motion for a directed verdict, (2) the admission in evidence of a brief exchange of words he had with a male prostitute, (3) the denial of...

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