Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Appleby
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 1970PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Appleby was found guilty of the first degree murder of Mary McCue, a seventy-four year old resident of the Hotel Touraine, a lodging house in Lynn. Her naked, bloody corpse was found in her room about 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, 1968. There was evidence of sexual assaults and other abuses which need not be set forth in detail. The jury recommended that the death sentence be not imposed.
The trial was conducted subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Appleby in his appeal assigns as error (a) the trial judge’s pre-trial denial of motions to suppress certain evidence, which was later admitted, and…
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