COMMONWEALTH v. LOPEZ


383 Mass. 497 (1981)

420 N.E.2d 319

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM LOPEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Madden for the defendant.

Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

We granted further appellate review to determine if the defendant's conviction of assault with intent to murder while armed with a dangerous weapon, G.L.c. 265, § 18, is precluded by principles of collateral estoppel.1 See Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436 (1970). The Appeals Court affirmed the conviction, Commonwealth v. Lopez, 10 Mass.App.Ct...

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