COMMONWEALTH v. McLEOD


394 Mass. 727 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 972

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN W. McLEOD (and thirteen companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Alch for Richard P. Aiello.

Frank J. McGee, Jr. (Steven M. Guiney with him) for John W. McLeod.

Anthony M. Cardinale for John T. Macauda.

Daniel C. Mullane, Assistant District Attorney (David B. Mark, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


LYNCH, J.

In the early hours of July 23, 1982, an altercation took place at the King Arthur's Motel in Chelsea between police officers from Everett and Chelsea and a group of civilians. One civilian, Vincent J. Bordonaro, died of injuries he received during that incident. At a trial of several police officers for murder in the first degree, a jury found John W. McLeod and Richard P. Aiello guilty of murder in the second degree

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