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PISA v. COMMONWEALTH

378 Mass. 724 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 386

RALPH A. PISA vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph A. Pisa, pro se.

John J. Droney, District Attorney & William L. Pardee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

John Cavicchi, amicus curiae.

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

BRAUCHER, J.

In Commonwealth v. Pisa, 372 Mass. 590 (1977), we ordered that the defendant's conviction of murder in the first degree be reduced to a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. That decision was without prejudice to any remedy for an alleged conflict of interest on the part of one of the prosecuting lawyers. Id. at 598 n. 6. The defendant then sought relief by writ of error, and a single...

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