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COMMONWEALTH v. MEEHAN

377 Mass. 552 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 527

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH MEEHAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Hamlin, Assistant District Attorney (Paul A. Mishkin, Special Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

David A. Mills (Walter J. Hurley with him) for the defendant.

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

KAPLAN, J.

A Suffolk County grand jury handed up an indictment on August 11, 1976, charging the defendant Joseph Meehan with the murder of Maryann Birks. The defendant moved before trial to suppress inculpatory statements made by him as well as articles of clothing belonging to him. Extensive evidence was received on the voir dire, including testimony from the defendant and medical testimony dealing with the extent to which the defendant's perceptive ability was impaired...

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