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MORRISSETTE v. COMMONWEALTH

380 Mass. 197 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 492

DERRICK MORRISSETTE vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Holgerson for the plaintiff.

Robert Kane, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of a single justice dismissing a petition for extraordinary relief brought by the petitioner (hereinafter called the defendant) pursuant to G.L.c. 211, § 3.1 In this pretrial petition, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence presented to the grand jury, which indicted him for having wilfully and maliciously burned a building...

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