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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

379 Mass. 600 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 1074

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDDIE LEE WILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee D. Chotiner for the defendant.

Kevin Connelly, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney (Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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

LIACOS, J.

The defendant, Eddie Lee Williams, was indicted for murder in the first degree in December, 1977. In August, 1978, a jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree, and the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. This appeal is before the court under the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. We affirm the conviction.

We summarize the evidence presented. The victim...

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