COMMONWEALTH v. RIVA


18 Mass. App. Ct. 713 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 1307

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES P. RIVA, SECOND.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

October 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Davis for the defendant.

Robert S. Sinsheimer, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., CUTTER, & WARNER, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

Riva was indicted for the murder on April 10, 1980, of his grandmother, Carmen Lopez, and for arson (on that date) of her house in Marshfield. After a trial (from October 21 to October 28, 1981) at which his contention was insanity, he was found guilty by a jury of second degree murder and arson. He appeals from these convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.

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