Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LaCorte
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 18, 1977PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant Michael V. LaCorte (LaCorte) was indicted for murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Richard White in White’s Boston apartment on May 29, 1974. After a five-day trial in the Superior Court, a jury found LaCorte guilty of murder in the second degree, and the judge sentenced him to fife imprisonment. The defendant’s assignments of error are here pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. We conclude that there was no error.
Responding to a call from a neighbor, Boston police officers entered White’s Marlborough Street apartment at approximately 6:05 a.m.…
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