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COMMONWEALTH v. TRAPP

423 Mass. 356 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH v. RANDALL W. TRAPP.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rankin for the defendant.

David W. Cunis, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & FRIED, JJ.

LIACOS, C.J.

In October, 1987, a Middlesex County jury returned a guilty verdict against the defendant, Randall W. Trapp, on an indictment charging murder in the first degree. The defendant had been retried after we overturned his initial conviction on the ground that improperly admitted character evidence caused prejudice. See Commonwealth v. Trapp, 396 Mass. 202 (1985).

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