COMMONWEALTH v. SHELLEY


381 Mass. 340 (1980)

409 N.E.2d 732

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT J. SHELLEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

August 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Saltzburg (Harvey E. Bines with him) for the defendant.

Charles J. Hely, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

Indicted on October 3, 1975, for the murder of William C. Dubbels, the defendant Shelley was convicted on July 23, 1976, of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. On February 23, 1978, this court reversed the conviction and remanded the case for a new trial. Commonwealth v. Shelley, 374 Mass. 466 (1978). The second trial, which commenced on November 29, 1978, resulted again in...

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