COMMONWEALTH v. HODGE (NO. 1)


380 Mass. 851 (1980)

406 N.E.2d 1010

COMMONWEALTH vs. BARRY W. HODGE (No. 1).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David O. Burbank for the defendant.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant was indicted on a charge of murder in the first degree and convicted, after trial to a jury, of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment for life. After he was sentenced, the defendant filed motions for a finding of not guilty and, alternatively, for a new trial, both of which were denied by the trial judge. The defendant's separate motion for new trial was also denied. The defendant's additional...

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