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COMMONWEALTH v. WRIGHT

376 Mass. 725 (1978)

383 N.E.2d 507

COMMONWEALTH vs. LEWIS WRIGHT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde D. Bergstresser for the defendant.

Kevin Connelly, Special Legal Assistant to the District Attorney (Mitchael J. Traft, Special Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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

QUIRICO, J.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree, in which the defendant argues essentially one issue. He claims that the conflict created by his lawyer's pretrial representation of a codefendant who ultimately became a principal trial witness for the Commonwealth denied him the effective assistance of counsel. He also asks us to direct a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the exercise of...

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