COMMONWEALTH v. PINA


342 Mass. 472 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 370

COMMONWEALTH vs. ARTHUR PINA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix F. Perrone, for the defendant.

Edmund Dinis, District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


SPIEGEL, J.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree. The indictment charged that on August 25, 1959, the defendant "did assault and beat Josephine Gomes, with intent to murder her, and by such assault and beating did kill and murder Josephine Gomes."

The assignment of errors relates solely to the admission in evidence of an alleged confession.

The defendant concedes that the alleged confession was made voluntarily and that...

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