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COMMONWEALTH v. MEECH

380 Mass. 490 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 1174

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES K. MEECH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew H. Feinberg for the defendant.

Susan A. Ghetti, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

KAPLAN, J.

The defendant James K. Meech did not deny that he killed Edward Gerke in a Lowell rooming house in the early evening of January 7, 1978, but he put in issue his criminal responsibility at the time. A jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, as well as assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He brings his appeal pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and Mass. R.A.P. 1B inserted by 378 Mass. 924 (effective July 1, 1979),

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