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Commonwealth v. Matchett

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 14, 1982Published

1Opinion of the Court

386 Mass. 492 (1982)

436 N.E.2d 400

COMMONWEALTH

vs.

BRIAN K. MATCHETT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

October 6, 1981.

June 14, 1982.

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

Andrew Good for the defendant.

Daniel A. Ford, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

LIACOS, J.

Brian K. Matchett, indicted on a charge of murder in the first degree of David T. Colvin, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree. Matchett was also convicted on indictments charging him with unlawfully carrying a sawed-off shotgun, a .25 caliber…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. People v. AaronMichigan Supreme Court · 1980

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