Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harrington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 9, 1980PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from the denial of his motions for a new trial on two indictments charging the crimes of murder and armed assault with intent to rob. The appeal was heard by the Appeals Court which reversed the conviction of murder on a ground not theretofore raised by the defendant either at his trial or in his assignment of errors. Commonwealth v. Harrington, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 665 (1979). We granted the Commonwealth’s request for further appellate review. G. L. c. 211A, § 11. For the same reasons stated by the Appeals Court in its opinion, supra, we reverse the judgment…
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