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COMMONWEALTH v. STOKES

374 Mass. 583 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 87

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANK P. STOKES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Clement for the defendant.

Kathleen M. Curry, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant Frank P. Stokes was indicted for the murder in the second degree of Joseph Baskerville. At trial, Stokes admitted that he had killed the victim but claimed that he had acted in self-defense. The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and the judge imposed the statutory sentence of life imprisonment. The defendant appealed under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, challenging the admission of photographs and the propriety...

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