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COMMONWEALTH v. PIRES

389 Mass. 657 (1983)

451 N.E.2d 1155

COMMONWEALTH vs. BRIAN P. PIRES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. McLaughlin & Mary Alice S. McLaughlin for the defendant.

Robert S. Sinsheimer, Assistant District Attorney (John P. Corbett, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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

NOLAN, J.

The defendant was indicted for the murder of John J. Silva. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The defendant raises the following issues: (1) the ineffective assistance of counsel because of trial counsel's conflict of interest at a probable cause hearing; (2) the reliance on polygraph examination results; (3) the ineffective assistance of counsel in the conduct of the trial; (4) erroneous jury instructions on circumstantial evidence and...

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