COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD


377 Mass. 64 (1979)

384 N.E.2d 636

COMMONWEALTH vs. BRIAN JOSEPH RICHARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

January 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Buckley for the defendant.

James P. Donohue, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, and was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a jury. In this appeal under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, he recites nineteen assignments of error.

The facts are as follows, all as established by a statement given to the police by the defendant on February 22, 1976, and corroborated as well as supplemented, in various particulars...

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