COMMONWEALTH v. MURPHY


6 Mass. App. Ct. 335 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 366

COMMONWEALTH vs. CHARLES C. MURPHY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Ganak (Paul M. Hoffman with him) for the defendant.

Frances M. Burns, Assistant District Attorney (Joseph S. Ayoub, Jr., Special Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., KEVILLE, & GRANT, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

The defendant, Charles C. Murphy, was tried along with a codefendant, Eugene J. Zarella, Jr., before a jury in the Superior Court, and both were found guilty on charges of rape (by sexual intercourse and by unnatural sexual intercourse), kidnapping and robbery. Murphy appeals and assigns error in several of the judge's rulings, including his refusal to sever the proceedings against the two defendants, as well as other rulings on the admission or exclusion...

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