COMMONWEALTH v. JONES


400 Mass. 544 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 17

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN M. JONES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

August 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Riley (Patricia S. Hohl with him) for the defendant.

Robert J. Bender, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

The defendant was found guilty of the murder in the first degree of Donald Pinkham. The evidence showed that Pinkham was killed in Gloucester in the early hours of October 1, 1982. His body was badly burned, bruised, and beaten; part of his face was missing; and his head appeared to have been crushed.

There was sufficient evidence to warrant the jury's verdict, and the defendant does not argue otherwise. Much of the incriminating evidence came...

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