Legal Opinion
Delle Chiaie v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 29, 1975PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
This proceeding on writ of error is before us on the petitioner’s exceptions to the findings, rulings and order of a single justice of this court affirming the judgment of the Superior Court.
The petitioner was tried in 1947 for the murder of a seven-year old girl. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. The petitioner appealed that conviction pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended by St. 1939, c. 341, and we affirmed. Commonwealth v. Delle Chiaie, 323 Mass. 615 (1949). Thereafter, the Governor commuted the petitioners sentence to life imprisonment.
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3Cited by44 opinions
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