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COMMONWEALTH v. BERRY

420 Mass. 95 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. CHRISTOPHER BERRY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 14, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Lunt for the defendant.

Robert J. Bender, Assistant District Attorney (Gerald P. Shea, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Kenneth J. Fishman, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree and burglary with actual assault, for which he received concurrent life sentences.1 On appeal, the defendant challenges (1) the denial of his motion to dismiss, on the ground that the evidence did not support the District Court's transfer order; (2) the denial of his motion to suppress cigarettes and matches as evidence; (3...

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