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COMMONWEALTH v. CALLAHAN

380 Mass. 821 (1980)

406 N.E.2d 385

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH N. CALLAHAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Traini (Martin K. Leppo with him) for the defendant.

Philip T. Beauchesne, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

QUIRICO, J.

The defendant, Joseph N. Callahan, was indicted on April 12, 1976, for the murder of one Marian Reichle, and on December 21, 1976, he was convicted of her murder in the first degree. The defendant appeals under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and seeks a new trial based on the following alleged errors by the trial judge in: (1) admitting in evidence statements made by the defendant during a court-ordered psychiatric examination; (2) instructing the jury...

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