Commonwealth v. Klein

The defendant, a dentist residing in Springfield, was found guilty by a jury of charges in two indictments. One indictment charged him with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (a firearm) on Napoleon J. LaDue; the other indictment charged the same offense against John Savageau. G. L. c. 265, § 15A. Both offenses were alleged to have occurred on August 1, 1973. It is undisputed that the defendant shot and wounded the two men after they had in the nighttime broken into a drug store located across the street from the defendant’s home. The defendant telephoned the police, and after…