COMMONWEALTH v. DONOGHUE


23 Mass. App. Ct. 103 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 832

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDWARD DONOGHUE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen B. Brodoff, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Dianne M. Dillon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., PERRETTA, & SMITH, JJ.


GREANEY, C.J.

Before us are the defendant's convictions by a jury in the Superior Court of armed assault in a dwelling (G.L.c. 265, § 18A) and mayhem (G.L.c. 265, § 14). His contentions concern: (1) the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized in a warrantless nighttime entry of his dwelling; (2) the adequacy of the mayhem indictment to charge a crime; and (3) the correctness of the judge's instructions on the elements of armed assault in a dwelling...

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