COMMONWEALTH v. HORTON


376 Mass. 380 (1978)

380 N.E.2d 687

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM R. HORTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

September 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Hrones for Alvin L. Wideman.

Alfred Paul Farese for Roosevelt Pickett.

James A. Murphy for William R. Horton.

Michael T. Stella, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


QUIRICO, J.

The defendants William R. Horton, Roosevelt Pickett, and Alvin L. Wideman were convicted after a jury trial of armed robbery and murder in the first degree. Motions for new trials were denied as to all defendants. The cases are before us pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, on argued assignments of error as to certain pretrial and trial rulings and the denial of the defendant Horton's motion for a new trial based on a claim of newly discovered...

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