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COMMONWEALTH v. LEAHY

445 Mass. 481 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. PAUL J. LEAHY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

December 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenberg for the defendant.

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Sosman, & Cordy, JJ.

CORDY, J.

Paul J. Leahy was convicted of the brutal stabbing and murder of Alexandra Zapp.1 The crime occurred shortly after 4 A.M. on July 18, 2002, in the women's bathroom of a rest area along Route 24 in Bridgewater. Leahy was arrested at the scene and later confessed. Media coverage of the crime was extensive. Some of that coverage focused on Leahy's criminal history, which was also extensive...

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