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COMMONWEALTH v. SAMUEL

398 Mass. 93 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 279

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM J. SAMUEL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet B. Fierman for the defendant.

Stephanie Martin Glennon, Assistant District Attorney (Charles J. Hely, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

The defendant, William J. Samuel, was convicted on December 20, 1984, of breaking and entering a dwelling house in the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony, of committing actual assaults therein, and of two charges of assault and battery.1 He appeals from those convictions, challenging the fairness of his trial due to the jury composition, and claiming a number of errors on the part of the trial judge. We transferred...

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