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COMMONWEALTH v. SHINE

398 Mass. 641 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 1299

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN SHINE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Donovan, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Judy G. Zeprun, Assistant District Attorney (Charles M. Campo, Jr., with her) for the Commonwealth.

Charles W. Rankin, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

On November 14, 1983, a Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments charging the defendant, John Shine, with murder in the first degree, and with armed assault with intent to rob. Following trial, a jury returned a verdict of guilty on each indictment. The defendant was sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole (now Cedar Junction) for the term of his natural life on the murder conviction...

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