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COMMONWEALTH v. HABAREK

402 Mass. 105 (1988)

520 N.E.2d 1303

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM S. HABAREK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Courtney for the defendant.

Abbe L. Ross, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

NOLAN, J.

On November 27, 1985, after a trial by jury, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and of unlawfully possessing a shotgun with a barrel less than eighteen inches in length. He was sentenced to two concurrent life terms at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. The defendant appeals from the convictions on the grounds that: (1) the judge abused his discretion in denying...

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