COMMONWEALTH v. MacNEILL


399 Mass. 71 (1987)

502 N.E.2d 938

COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE CHRISTOPHER MacNEILL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

January 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Feeherry for the defendant.

Lila Heideman, Assistant District Attorney (George M. O'Connor, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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


O'CONNOR, J.

In this appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree, the defendant argues that the denial of his motion to suppress his signed confession to the police, made in the presence of the defendant's grandfather when the defendant was sixteen years old, was error. The defendant also seeks relief under G.L.c. 278, § 33E (1984 ed.). We affirm the conviction.

The challenged confession is contained in a report prepared by Lieutenant Alfred...

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