COMMONWEALTH v. CASALE


381 Mass. 167 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 841

COMMONWEALTH vs. THOMAS F. CASALE & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Hutton, Jr., for Thomas F. Casale.

Joseph J. Balliro for Vincent J. Federico.

Brian J. Dobie, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


QUIRICO, J.

Joseph A. Bruno, Jr., Thomas F. Casale, and Vincent J. Federico were indicted for their alleged murder in the first degree of Robert N. McFarlane. After trial they were convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendants filed motions for directed verdicts at the conclusion of the Commonwealth's case and again at the close of all the evidence. The judge denied the motions. Four days after the verdicts, the defendants...

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