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COMMONWEALTH v. BOOKMAN

386 Mass. 657 (1982)

436 N.E.2d 1228

COMMONWEALTH vs. BRUCE BOOKMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

June 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Bello for the defendant.

Lance J. Garth, Assistant District Attorney (Phillip L. Weiner, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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

LIACOS, J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of manslaughter. He was sentenced to a term of seven to ten years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole. He appealed. The execution of sentence was stayed by the trial judge, pending the appeal. The appeal is here on our motion. We reverse the judgment of conviction.

The victim, Jesse Aranjo, was found dead in a dugout at Dias Field, New Bedford, in...

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