ARMSTRONG, J.
On May 2, 1974, the defendant, giving a false name and address, walked into the emergency room of the Bon Secours Hospital in Methuen with a bullet wound. The bullet had entered through his neck and had lodged itself behind his left ear, near the mastoid process. The defendant was not in acute distress, though he had some pain.
The hospital notified the Methuen police department, as required by G.L.c. 112, § 12A, and Captain DeSantis went...
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