COMMONWEALTH v. WERNER


16 Mass. App. Ct. 686 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 919

COMMONWEALTH vs. PATRICK JEROME WERNER.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray Shulman for the defendant.

William W. Teahan, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., GREANEY, & SMITH, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

The defendant was convicted of second degree murder on an indictment charging murder in the first degree for the February 22, 1981, slaying of a young woman at a bus terminal in Springfield. The defendant's commission of the homicide was not disputed at trial. The sole issue was the defendant's criminal responsibility. The jurors, rejecting the defendant's claim that he was not criminally responsible, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second...

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