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COMMONWEALTH v. BURKE

414 Mass. 252 (1993)

607 N.E.2d 991

COMMONWEALTH vs. PATRICK M. BURKE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

February 11, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Shugrue, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

John H. LaChance for the defendant.

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

LIACOS, C.J.

On May 26, 1989, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty and deliberate premeditation.1 The trial judge sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment. Following the withdrawal of his trial counsel, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial in the Supreme Judicial Court. The motion was referred to a single justice in...

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