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COMMONWEALTH v. SOFFEN

377 Mass. 433 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 1030

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS F. SOFFEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Grossberg for the defendant.

Dianne M. Dillon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant, Francis F. Soffen, was indicted on three counts of armed robbery while masked and two counts of murder in the first degree. At his arraignments on all these charges, the defendant pleaded not guilty. On March 6, 1973, the date set for trial on one of the murder indictments, the defendant retracted his earlier pleas and offered pleas of guilty to the armed robberies while masked and to so much of the murder indictments as charged murder...

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