COMMONWEALTH v. HEALY


393 Mass. 367 (1984)

471 N.E.2d 359

COMMONWEALTH vs. WAYNE BLYTH HEALY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry P. Wilson (Linda H. Morton with him) for the defendant.

William T. Walsh, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Stephen Ansolabehere, Gary D. Buseck & Janice H. Platner, for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

On April 8, 1981, a Hampden County jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole for the term of his natural life. On April 14, 1981, the defendant appealed from his conviction. On July 15, 1981, he filed a motion for a new trial, the subsequent denial of which he has also appealed. After the case had been entered in this court, the defendant filed a second motion...

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