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COMMONWEALTH v. BALDWIN

385 Mass. 165 (1982)

431 N.E.2d 194

COMMONWEALTH vs. WALTER J. BALDWIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Homans, Jr. (Anne E. Braudy with him) for the defendant.

Kevin Connelly, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

LIACOS, J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury on November 21, 1979, of murder in the second degree for fatally shooting Kenneth J. Tierney outside a South Boston tavern. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight, on the morning of Sunday, April 11, 1976. The defendant was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment and filed a notice of appeal. G.L.c. 278, § 33E.1 We transferred the case to this court on our own motion.

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