COMMONWEALTH v. STROUD


375 Mass. 265 (1978)

376 N.E.2d 849

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROLAND S. STROUD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Flynn for the defendant.

L. Jeffrey Meehan, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant Roland S. Stroud was tried before a Superior Court jury on an indictment charging him with the murder of one Noah Dennis. The jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter, and the judge imposed a sentence of eight to ten years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole.

The defendant appeals the conviction, arguing that the trial judge erred by: (1) allowing in evidence certain inculpatory statements which the...

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