COMMONWEALTH v. MATTHEWS


406 Mass. 380 (1990)

548 N.E.2d 843

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROD MATTHEWS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

January 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Burns for the defendant.

Stephanie Martin Glennon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Robert H. Weber & Eileen D. Agnes, for Child Welfare League of America, Inc., & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted as an adult of murder in the second degree at the age of fifteen, the defendant, Rod Matthews, appeals. The defendant alleges error in (1) the decision to transfer his case to the Superior Court for trial as an adult; (2) the jury empanelment; (3) the jury instructions; and (4) the judge's refusal to vacate the sentence and resentence the defendant as a juvenile pursuant to G.L.c. 119, § 83. We conclude there is no error and affirm his conviction...

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