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COMMONWEALTH v. PADGETT

No. 96-P-1900.

44 Mass. App. Ct. 359 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. KENNETH N. PADGETT.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Worcester.

March 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Howard for the defendant.

James P. McKenna, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WARNER, C.J., DREBEN, & FLANNERY, JJ.

DREBEN, J.

What began on the morning of February 1, 1994, as a series of house breaks rapidly escalated into far more serious crimes and culminated in the death of the police chief of Paxton. Charged as a joint venturer with two other men, Michael Souza and James Richards, the defendant was convicted of second degree murder, based on a theory of felony-murder, and of ten other offenses.1 Although the defendant claims sixteen errors on...

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