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COMMONWEALTH v. MARTIN

372 Mass. 412 (1977)

362 N.E.2d 507

COMMONWEALTH vs. PETER LEO MARTIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam M. Lutynski for the defendant.

James P. Donohue, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

KAPLAN, J.

The defendant and one Leo Farland were indicted for the crimes of murder in the first degree and armed robbery arising from an episode at Ascension Church in Worcester in which Chester F. Szklarz was robbed and killed. Farland was tried first. When the trial was well under way he pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and armed robbery. Sentencing on the armed robbery was deferred. Farland agreed to give testimony in the forthcoming trial of the...

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