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COMMONWEALTH v. WOOD

384 Mass. 641 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 820

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT C. WOOD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Cosgrove for the defendant.

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

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

WILKINS, J.

On May 4, 1979, the body of Billy Lightner was found floating in Turner's Pond in Walpole. A cement block was attached to the body by a rope. There was evidence that the body had been in the pond for at least one month. Lightner had been shot twice. Both the Commonwealth's and the defendant's ballistics experts testified that a bullet recovered from the body had been fired from the defendant's gun. The evidence...

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