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COMMONWEALTH v. GOLSTON

373 Mass. 249 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 744

COMMONWEALTH vs. SIEGFRIED GOLSTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. White, Jr. (Joseph H. Walsh with him) for the defendant.

Thomas J. Mundy, Jr., Assistant District Attorney for the Suffolk District (Daniel Engelstein, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Thomas E. Finnerty, District Attorney for the Plymouth District, amicus curiae, & Richard M. Lane, Assistant District Attorney, submitted a brief.

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

BRAUCHER, J.

The defendant appeals his conviction of murder in the first degree. Among numerous other errors, he claims that the death of the victim was not properly established. We hold that the trial judge correctly accepted the medical concept of "brain death"; alternatively, any error in this respect was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We also overrule the defendant's other assignments of error, and we affirm his...

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