COMMONWEALTH v. JACKSON


377 Mass. 319 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 15

COMMONWEALTH vs. SAM ANDREW JACKSON, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad W. Fisher for the defendant.

Daniel F. Toomey, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the second degree, the defendant, Sam Andrew Jackson, Jr., appeals to this court pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Although Jackson argues numerous assignments of error, we concern ourselves primarily with one ground asserted as error: the denial of a motion to suppress a statement made by Jackson to police because the police did not "scrupulously honor" Jackson's right to cut...

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