COMMONWEALTH v. LOURAINE


390 Mass. 28 (1983)

453 N.E.2d 437

COMMONWEALTH vs. PETER LOURAINE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myles D. Jacobson (Maureen B. Brodoff with him) for the defendant.

William T. Walsh, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LIACOS, J.

On May 26, 1979, the defendant allegedly stabbed Albert Zalucki twenty-one times. Zalucki died, and the defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree. He was convicted by a jury on March 16, 1982, of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. He now appeals his conviction pursuant to G.L.c. 278, § 33E.

The defendant alleges error on a number of grounds, but primarily relies on his claims that (1) he...

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