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COMMONWEALTH v. PIPER

426 Mass. 8 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. SIMON JOHNATHAN PIPER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Harwood for the defendant.

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

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.

WILKINS, C.J.

The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree on all three theories on which such a conviction may be based. The victim was the defendant's mother. He was also convicted of armed robbery and of conspiracy to murder his father.

The defendant raises several issues on appeal. The principal appellate issue concerns his claim that the judge improperly excluded evidence of statements that one...

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