COMMONWEALTH v. KEY


381 Mass. 19 (1980)

407 N.E.2d 327

COMMONWEALTH vs. HOWARD KEY, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Leubsdorf for the defendant.

John Kiernan, Assistant District Attorney (Kevin Connelly, Special Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

In March, 1978, a jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree under two indictments. The jury also found that the defendant had wilfully and maliciously burned a dwelling. The court imposed two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment for the murders and a concurrent sentence of ten to fifteen years for the arson conviction. The defendant's appeal is before this court on an assignment of errors under G.L.c. 278, § 33E.

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