Commonwealth v. Waters

The defendant appeals from his conviction (on all three theories) of murder in the first degree and of aggravated rape.1 The victim had been raped and stabbed to death on February 17, 1992, in her Framingham apartment. The defendant (1) challenges the denial of pretrial motions to suppress evidence, (2) argues that the loss of potentially exculpatory evidence required dismissal of the indictments, (3) claims that the evidence did not support the verdicts, and (4) seeks relief under G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1992 ed.). We affirm the convictions.

1. The judge did not err in denying the defendant’s…