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COMMONWEALTH v. PERRY

385 Mass. 639 (1982)

433 N.E.2d 446

COMMONWEALTH vs. GENE L. PERRY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Casey for the defendant.

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

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

ABRAMS, J.

Donna Walker Perry died as a result of a fire set in the bedroom of her apartment. A grand jury indicted her husband, Gene L. Perry, for murder and arson. After trial by jury, Perry was convicted of murder in the first degree for the death of his wife, as well as for arson.1 Perry appeals to this court. He argues errors concerning (1) the exclusion of hospital records; (2) the admission of a slide and a photograph; (3) the admission...

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