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COMMONWEALTH v. CORDLE

404 Mass. 733 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 130

COMMONWEALTH vs. MELISSA JO CORDLE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

April 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Ferg (Joseph M. Young with him) for the defendant.

Michael D. O'Keefe, Assistant District Attorney (Julia K. Vermynck, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

The defendant, Melissa Jo Cordle, appeals from her convictions for the murders in the first degree of Ralph Anderson and Frances Schiappa, and from her conviction for burglary. The defendant argues that the judge should have allowed her motions for required findings of not guilty. She also argues that, even if the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdicts, the judge erred in failing to instruct the jurors...

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