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COMMONWEALTH v. ALLEN

377 Mass. 674 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 553

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH L. ALLEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth H. Saltzman for the defendant.

Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

QUIRICO, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and is appealing therefrom under the provisions of G.L. 278, §§ 33A-33G. This appeal has been consolidated with the defendant's pending motion for a new trial, which he brought following the release of our decision in Commonwealth v. Vitello, 376 Mass. 426, 451-457 (1978), concerning the proper evidentiary use of polygraph test results...

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