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COMMONWEALTH v. SYLVIA

380 Mass. 180 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 489

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS A. SYLVIA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

March 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Altman for the defendant.

Thomas M. Greene, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant appeals pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33H, from a conviction on an indictment charging burning of a dwelling house. The defendant's pretrial motion to suppress the postarrest confession he had given to the police was denied by a motion judge and the defendant filed a timely claim of exception. This confession, which constituted the major portion of the Commonwealth's case, was introduced...

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