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COMMONWEALTH v. MARTINEZ

393 Mass. 612 (1985)

473 N.E.2d 167

COMMONWEALTH vs. LARITA WELCH MARTINEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin J. Wier for the defendant.

Robert N. Tochka, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

WILKINS, J.

The defendant was convicted of arson, murder in the first degree of two persons who died as a result of the fire, and murder in the second degree of two other persons who also died as a result of the fire. The fire occurred on the night of January 17, 1983, in a three-story tenement house in the Roxbury section of Boston. The defendant and the victims were occupants of the building. We affirm the arson conviction...

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