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COMMONWEALTH v. GRIFFITH

404 Mass. 256 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 1153

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM J. GRIFFITH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

March 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Lesser (William C. Newman with him) for the defendant.

Ariane D. Vuono, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

LIACOS, J.

The defendant, William J. Griffith, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, attempted armed robbery, illegal possession of a firearm, and using a firearm while committing a felony.1 He appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial and of his motion to set aside the verdict of murder in the first degree and to enter a finding of guilty of a lesser offense. The...

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