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COMMONWEALTH v. SOARES

377 Mass. 461 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 499

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDWARD J. SOARES (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Hurley & Robert T. Capeless, Jr., for Edward J. Soares.

Richard K. Latimer for Richard S. Allen.

Wallace W. Sherwood for Leon Easterling.

Thomas J. Mundy & Dennis J. Curran, Assistant District Attorneys, for the Commonwealth.

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

LIACOS, J.

The defendants Soares, Allen, and Easterling were indicted for the murder in the first degree of Andrew Puopolo, as well as for other charges resulting from a street brawl that occurred in the early morning of November 16, 1976. A jury returned guilty verdicts of murder in the first degree as to each defendant, and the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. In addition, Easterling was convicted of...

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