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COMMONWEALTH v. JACOBSON

19 Mass. App. Ct. 666 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 158

COMMONWEALTH vs. BARRY J. JACOBSON (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

April 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. St. Clair (Lee Johnson with him) for Barry J. Jacobson.

Charles R. Bennett, Jr. (Brian P. Burke with him) for Patrick Clarke.

Daniel A. Ford, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., GRANT, & DREBEN, JJ.

GREANEY, C.J.

Following a lengthy jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendants, Barry J. Jacobson and Patrick Clarke, were convicted of burning a dwelling house (G.L.c. 266, § 1) and sentenced.2 Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendants argue that their respective motions for required findings of not guilty, Mass.R.Crim.P. 25(a), 378 Mass. 896 (1979), should have been allowed. We first take up the rule 25 motions filed...

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