COMMONWEALTH v. JACKSON


384 Mass. 572 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 289

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANTHONY J. JACKSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Russell Hodgdon & John F. Palmer for the defendant.

Philip T. Beauchesne, Assistant District Attorney (Alvan Brody, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment, to be served from and after any other previously imposed sentence he was serving or was to serve.

The defendant appeals, asserting error in (1) the admission of evidence of other crimes he committed, (2) the trial judge's advisory ruling that he would admit evidence of the defendant's prior conviction, (3) the prosecutor's...

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