COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 86-565 & 86-1085.

25 Mass. App. Ct. 210 (1987)

517 N.E.2d 176

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDWARD GANT WILLIAMS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Laymon for the defendant.

David B. Mark, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GRANT, SMITH, & WARNER, JJ.


SMITH, J.

In the early evening hours of January 8, 1979, King Solomon, Jr., was shot at the home of his fiancee. The defendant was indicted in connection with that incident for the crimes of armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.

At his trial the defendant admitted that he had shot Solomon but claimed that he had acted in self-defense. The Commonwealth contended that the defendant had shot Solomon without...

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