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COMMONWEALTH v. ANDERSON

396 Mass. 306 (1985)

486 N.E.2d 19

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM A. ANDERSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nona E. Walker, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Robin A. Pearl, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

The defendant was convicted of the murder in the first degree of John H. Tinker and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 After the jury were dismissed, the defendant filed a motion for a mistrial which was orally changed to and treated as a motion for a new trial. The trial judge denied the motion. The defendant appeals his conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial, and contends that (1) the judge erred in denying his...

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