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COMMONWEALTH v. BUTLER

423 Mass. 517 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAM BUTLER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Davidson Montori, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Kevin G. Murphy for the defendant.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, & FRIED, JJ.

FRIED, J.

We consider whether the defendant's incriminating statements regarding the homicide with which he is charged should be suppressed. After his arrest for breaking and entering, the police delayed his presentment to a court until after questioning that led to his statements concerning the homicide.

The defendant is charged with murder in the first degree and breaking and entering in the nighttime. Prior to...

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