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COMMONWEALTH v. PORTER

384 Mass. 647 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 14

COMMONWEALTH vs. DENNIS PORTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Homan for the defendant.

Peter Grabler, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney (Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & LYNCH, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

The defendant was tried in 1980 on two indictments for murder in the first degree of Christine Ricketts and Andrea Foye. A Suffolk County jury convicted Porter of murder in the first degree on both indictments. The defendant claims error and appeals. Specifically, the defendant appeals the denial of his motion for a required finding of not guilty, made at the close of the Commonwealth's case. In addition he challenges...

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