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COMMONWEALTH v. KEOUGH

385 Mass. 314 (1982)

431 N.E.2d 915

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN KEOUGH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Sahakian, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Michael Reilly for the defendant.

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

WILKINS, J.

The Commonwealth has appealed from an order entered in the Superior Court vacating a verdict of murder in the second degree and entering a finding of guilty of manslaughter. The Commonwealth argues that the judge lacked authority to allow the defendant's motion for reduction of the verdict, which was purportedly filed under Rule 25 (b) (2) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure, 378 Mass. 896 (1979). It argues further that, even if the judge...

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