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COMMONWEALTH v. RANKINS

429 Mass. 470 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. ALEX RANKINS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

April 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Hoose for the defendant.

Judith Ellen Pietras, Assistant District Attorney (David S. Ross, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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

WILKINS, C.J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree of Robert D'Amour in March, 1993. The victim had been shot several times in his home in South Hadley.

Investigation led the police to suspect the victim's wife, Suzanne D'Amour (D'Amour), and the defendant. They believed that D'Amour and the defendant had murdered the victim in order to obtain substantial amounts of insurance that D'Amour had purchased on the life of the...

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