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COMMONWEALTH v. MARPLE

No. 87-666.

26 Mass. App. Ct. 150 (1988)

524 N.E.2d 863

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL MARPLE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry P. Wilson (Maxine Sushelsky with him) for the defendant.

James F. Lang, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, KAPLAN, & FINE, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

Michael Marple and Stephen Haynes, inmates at M.C.I., Cedar Junction, were indicted by a Norfolk County grand jury for the murder of John Blais, also an inmate, alleged to have been committed on April 13, 1984. Trial was to be joint. Just before jury impanelment, the trial judge accepted Haynes's Alford plea of guilty to the lesser crime of manslaughter. See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 38 n...

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