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COMMONWEALTH v. BEST

381 Mass. 472 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 731

COMMONWEALTH vs. MAMIE ANN BEST (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

September 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice E. Richmond (Barry C. Klickstein with her) for Mamie Ann Best.

Thomas D. Edwards (Jeffrey M. Graeber with him) for John R. McCown.

Pamela L. Hunt & Robert M. Raciti, Assistant District Attorneys, for the Commonwealth.

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

KAPLAN, J.

Upon indictments dated in June, 1978, the defendants Mamie Ann Best and her son John R. McCown stood trial for fourteen days in April-May, 1979, and were found guilty by a Middlesex County jury of the murder in the first degree on October 25, 1974, of Fayne Adams, husband of Best and stepfather of McCown. The defendants appeal direct to this court arguing various errors claimed below, and also, in reliance on G.L.c. 278, § 33E, certain errors freshly...

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