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COMMONWEALTH v. COLBY

422 Mass. 414 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH vs. GARY L. COLBY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlo A. Obligato, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Elin H. Graydon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & FRIED, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

One night in April, 1977, an intruder broke into the Haverhill home of Beverly Autiello and killed her. Initial police investigation was inconclusive, and the matter lay dormant until early 1987 when a Massachusetts State police lieutenant reviewed the file. His investigation led him to focus on the defendant who was then living in Roanoke, Virginia. The lieutenant told Barry Keesee, a special agent of the Virginia...

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