COMMONWEALTH v. MEROLA


405 Mass. 529 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 249

COMMONWEALTH vs. ALBERT P. MEROLA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

August 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen D. Agnes for the defendant.

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

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


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree on the ground of extreme atrocity or cruelty in the death of an eighteen month old boy named Donald,1 the defendant, Albert P. Merola, appeals. The defendant argues that the judge erred in (1) denying the motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) denying the motion to allow use of confidential Department of Social Services (DSS) records; (3) his evidentiary rulings; and (4) the...

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