COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERTS


423 Mass. 17 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH v. RONALD R. ROBERTS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Palmer for the defendant.

Marguerite T. Grant, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Dana Alan Curhan for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & FRIED, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

In 1976 the defendant, Ronald R. Roberts, was convicted of unarmed robbery and murder in the first degree. We affirmed the murder conviction. Commonwealth v. Roberts, 378 Mass. 116, 130 (1979).1 In 1992, Roberts filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied. A single justice of this court allowed Roberts' request for leave to appeal...

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