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COMMONWEALTH v. CONNEARNEY

359 Mass. 200 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 662

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN F. CONNEARNEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Peter Mullane for the defendant.

John P. Connor, Jr., & Robert J. Fleming, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & BRAUCHER, JJ.

TAURO, C.J.

John F. Connearney, Gerhard N. Letellier and William Hayes were tried as codefendants for the murder of Joseph Dermandy. A verdict of not guilty was directed for Hayes, and Letellier was found not guilty by the jury. Connearney was convicted of murder in the second degree and has appealed under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.

The evidence is summarized: On the evening of June 28, 1968, Dermandy was slain in his cell at the Massachusetts Correctional...

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