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COMMONWEALTH v. MANNING

367 Mass. 699 (1975)

328 N.E.2d 496

COMMONWEALTH vs. LELAND J. MANNING.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan C. Stanley for the defendant.

Frances M. Burns, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, & KAPLAN, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

Shortly after midnight on July 5, 1966, Donald G. MacVarish, Jr., was stabbed to death in the courtyard of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul on West Broadway in South Boston. The following day, Leland J. Manning was indicted by a grand jury for the first degree murder of MacVarish.1 On August 1, counsel was appointed by the court to represent the defendant, who pleaded not guilty. Manning was kept under observation for a period...

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