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WILBORN v. COMMONWEALTH

448 Mass. 1010 (2007)

JOHN WILBORN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

February 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wilborn, pro se.

Kenneth E. Steinfield, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

A jury convicted the petitioner in 1978 of murder in the first degree, as well as rape and kidnapping. We affirmed the convictions and, after plenary review pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, declined either to reduce the murder verdict or to order a new trial. Commonwealth v. Wilborne, 382 Mass. 241, 255 (1981). At least five subsequent motions for postconviction relief were denied by judges in the Superior Court. Twice...

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