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COMMONWEALTH v. HALEY

413 Mass. 770 (1992)

604 N.E.2d 682

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES A. HALEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marina Medvedev, Assistant District Attorney (Vincent R. McDonough, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

John E. Conwell (David Hayes Erickson with him) for the defendant.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

This is the Commonwealth's appeal from an order of a Superior Court judge (motion judge) granting the defendant, James A. Haley, a new trial in connection with his 1972 conviction of murder in the first degree. We conclude that a new trial should not have been ordered and direct the entry of an order denying the motion.

1. Background. The defendant was arrested on July 12, 1971, for the murder the day before of David Myers, his sister-in...

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