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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

13 Mass. App. Ct. 10 (1982)

429 N.E.2d 726

COMMONWEALTH vs. LAWYER JOHNSON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Avery for the defendant.

Thomas J. Mundy, Jr., Assistant District Attorney (Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: ARMSTRONG, CUTTER, & KASS, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

The Commonwealth appeals from the order of a Superior Court judge, granting a new trial to Johnson, who was convicted (after a second trial) of the second degree murder of a white man1 on the steps of a housing project unit at 71 Prentiss Street, Roxbury. See as to post-verdict appeals by the Commonwealth, Commonwealth v. Therrien, 383 Mass. 529, 533-539 (1981), and Commonwealth...

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