COMMONWEALTH v. SHEA.


401 Mass. 731 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1283

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL J. SHEA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Brandt, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Judith A. Cowin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

In August, 1984, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and armed burglary. In this appeal, the defendant alleges that (1) the indictments must be dismissed because the integrity of the grand jury was impaired by the poor quality of the evidence presented for its consideration; (2) numerous improper comments made by the prosecutor in closing argument mandate reversal of the judgments; (3) the prosecutor was erroneously allowed to introduce...

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