BECKMAN v. COMMONWEALTH


377 Mass. 810 (1979)

388 N.E.2d 678

ELMER RICHARD BECKMAN vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Y. Suni (Michael R. Sobol with her) for the plaintiff.

William L. Pardee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This is an appeal from a decision of a single justice of this court denying the plaintiff's request for relief pursuant to G.L.c. 211, § 3, and G.L.c. 231, § 118. The plaintiff Beckman now presses only his arguments relating to G.L.c. 211, § 3.

Beckman was indicted in May of 1978 with six other persons by the Middlesex county grand jury for various violations of the Massachusetts General Laws, including attempted arson, arson...

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