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COMMONWEALTH v. HARTFORD

425 Mass. 378 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. IRWIN HARTFORD, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Krowski (Michael Bergeron with him) for the defendant.

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

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

WILKINS, C.J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on the theories of felony-murder and extreme atrocity or cruelty. We conclude that the conviction should be affirmed and that the defendant is not entitled to relief pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E.1

The victim was a thirteen year old boy whom the defendant encountered fishing at Plug's Pond in...

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