COMMONWEALTH v. DOUCETTE


391 Mass. 443 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 1084

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM H. DOUCETTE, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Berkin for the defendant.

Margot Botsford, Assistant District Attorney (Susan S. Beck, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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


NOLAN, J.

On September 10, 1979, a jury convicted the defendant, William H. Doucette, Jr., of murder in the first degree. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, for a term of life. Defense counsel immediately filed a claim of appeal.

The defendant claims error in the trial judge's denial of his motion to suppress statements made to the police and the judge's instructions to the jury. He further asserts...

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