COMMONWEALTH v. LIBERTY

Nos. 87-756 & 88-P-1141.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 1 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 1383

COMMONWEALTH vs. SPENCER E. LIBERTY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

February 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Vawter for the defendant.

Ann E. Rascati, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, KAPLAN, & KASS, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

In the aftermath of an altercation over fifty dollars, both the defendant and the victim were injured. The argument began over money the defendant had given the victim for the purchase of cocaine for the defendant's girlfriend. The victim, Edward Pina, had failed to procure the drug or return the money. As might be expected, the accounts of the episode, which took place on December 29, 1984, in Plymouth, differed. After hearing testimony from both Pina...

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