COMMONWEALTH v. HUTCHINSON


395 Mass. 568 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 188

COMMONWEALTH vs. ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Rappaport for the defendant.

Pamela L. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney (Ellis M. Enlow, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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


O'CONNOR, J.

The defendant was convicted of the murder in the first degree of Brandy Blair Mallett, a child almost four years old, and was sentenced to life in prison. The Commonwealth contended at trial that the defendant beat Brandy to death. The defendant claimed that Brandy died from accidentally falling down a flight of stairs. The defendant's appeal was entered directly in this court.1

The defendant argues that the trial...

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