Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tyree
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 23, 1982PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
William Tyree, Jr., was convicted of the murder in the first degree of his wife Elaine Tyree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from his conviction, alleging several errors of law and seeking review, in addition, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E. We find no error warranting either reversal or exercise of our powers under § 33E. We affirm the judgment of conviction.
The evidence against the defendant, though strong, was primarily circumstantial. Since the defendant challenges, among other things, the sufficiency of that evidence, we shall review it in some detail. The evidence…
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