COMMONWEALTH v. BROWN


378 Mass. 165 (1979)

390 N.E.2d 1107

COMMONWEALTH vs. ENFRID BROWN, JR. (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin K. Leppo for William J. Johnson, Jr.

Reuben S. Dawkins for John Clinkscales.

Monroe L. Inker for Enfrid Brown, Jr.

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

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


QUIRICO, J.

Hakim Jamal was shot to death in his Roxbury apartment by armed intruders on May 1, 1973. The defendants, Enfrid Brown, Jr., John Clinkscales, and William J. Johnson, Jr., were apprehended and charged with murder. On August 2, 1973, they were convicted by a jury of the crimes of murder in the first degree and of armed burglary. See G.L.c. 265, § 1; G.L.c. 266, § 14. On February 14, 1975, we reversed and remanded the cases for a new trial in light...

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