COMMONWEALTH v. PETERS


372 Mass. 319 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 1277

COMMONWEALTH vs. RAYMOND S. PETERS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Barnes for the defendant.

Philip A. Rollins, District Attorney (Gary A. Nickerson, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


KAPLAN, J.

The defendant appeals pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from judgments of conviction entered on verdicts of guilty of murder in the second degree (the indictment having charged murder in the first degree), assault with intent to murder, and assault by means of a dangerous weapon. Two points are argued: (1) that the trial judge erred in denying a defense motion to quash the jury venire on grounds of its unconstitutional composition (or to extend...

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