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COMMONWEALTH v. BELAND

436 Mass. 273 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. ARTHUR J. BELAND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray A. Kohn, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Alan D. Campbell with him) for the defendant.

Sharon L. Sullivan-Puccini, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & COWIN, JJ.

IRELAND, J.

The defendant, Arthur J. Beland, was charged in an indictment with the crime of murder in the first degree, resulting from the beating death of Mary Ann Soares. A jury convicted him of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. He appeals from his conviction asserting several errors: (1) his statements to police should have been suppressed because his waiver of his Miranda rights was not valid and his statements not voluntary...

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