COMMONWEALTH v. BURDEN


15 Mass. App. Ct. 666 (1983)

448 N.E.2d 387

COMMONWEALTH vs. WELDON E. BURDEN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen K. Wade for the defendant.

Newman Flanagan, District Attorney (Muriel Ann Finnegan & Robert J. Schilling, Assistant District Attorneys, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., ARMSTRONG, & WARNER, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

The defendant was convicted on indictments charging him with breaking and entering, armed assault in a dwelling, armed robbery and aggravated rape. He was also convicted of second degree murder on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree.

He appeals from those convictions and assigns as error (1) the judge's denial of several motions brought to mitigate extensive pretrial publicity...

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