Commonwealth v. McLaughlin

CHERRY, S.J.,

The above-mentioned defendant originally pled guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree on March 20, 1975. He was thereafter sentenced to a period of incarceration, the minimum of which was ten years and the maximum of which was 20 years, together with a fine and the costs of the prosecution.

Defendant subsequently lodged an appeal therefrom with the Superior Court, and on December 9, 1976, the case was remanded to this court for a new trial. Whereupon defendant was convicted after trial by jury on or about February 12, 1977, of murder in the second degree.

Another appeal…