COMMONWEALTH v. SAWYER


389 Mass. 686 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 1094

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT EARL SAWYER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip X. Murray for the defendant.

Paul W. Shaw, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

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


LYNCH, J.

The defendant Robert Earl Sawyer appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree, claiming as error the trial judge's failure to suppress certain evidence, the admission of evidence of the defendant's past misconduct, and the admission of evidence of his attempted escape from custody. The defendant also assigns as error the judge's failure to instruct the jury on the voluntariness of statements the defendant made to a police officer, or in the alternative...

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