COMMONWEALTH v. BURKETT


396 Mass. 509 (1986)

487 N.E.2d 478

COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE BURKETT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Osler for the defendant.

Judy G. Zeprun, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

In June, 1976, the defendant, after a jury trial in the Superior Court, was convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawfully carrying a firearm, and assault while armed with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder one James Bickerton1. These convictions were affirmed in Commonwealth v. Burkett, 5 Mass.App.Ct. 901 (1977). In 1984, the defendant moved for a new...

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