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COMMONWEALTH v. TOWNSEND

SJC-10035

453 Mass. 413 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. SEYMOUR G. TOWNSEND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

March 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart T. Graham, Jr., for the defendant.

David F. Capeless, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

IRELAND, J.

Based on the stabbing of his estranged wife, Michelle Townsend, that occurred in the early morning of March 3, 2006, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on the theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues error in (1) the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and statements; (2) the denial of his motion...

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