COMMONWEALTH v. RHOADES


379 Mass. 810 (1980)

401 N.E.2d 342

COMMONWEALTH vs. RONALD RHOADES, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Davis for the defendant.

Stephen M. Needle, Assistant District Attorney (M. Ashley Brown, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

Pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, the defendant Ronald Rhoades, Jr., appeals three convictions of murder in the second degree on three indictments which charged murder in the first degree, a fourth conviction of murder in the second degree on an indictment which charged second degree murder, and a conviction of arson. Rhoades argues assignments of error concerning (1) the denial of his motions for directed verdicts of not guilty; (2) the admission...

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