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COMMONWEALTH v. McDERMOTT

393 Mass. 451 (1984)

471 N.E.2d 1302

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM F. McDERMOTT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Zorza for the defendant.

Peter W. Agnes, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

LIACOS, J.

On November 30, 1981, William F. McDermott was indicted for the armed robbery and murder of Robert Kemp. A jury found the defendant not guilty of armed robbery and guilty of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to the statutory term of life imprisonment. Following discharge of the jury, the defendant renewed a motion for a required finding of not guilty under Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 896 (1979), and moved that the court revise or...

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