COMMONWEALTH v. DRAYTON


386 Mass. 39 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 997

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH E. DRAYTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad W. Fisher for the defendant.

Philip T. Beauchesne, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

After a trial by jury, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, two charges of armed robbery, armed assault with intent to rob, and two charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. He filed assignments of error, and later filed motions in this court for a new trial and for permission to expand his assignments of error. Pursuant to G.L.c. 278, § 33E, we remitted the defendant's motions to the trial judge, who...

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