Commonwealth v. Turner

The defendant was convicted by a jury in Norfolk County on indictments for murder in the first degree, assault with intent to rob, unlawfully carrying a weapon, and using a motor vehicle without authority, all arising out of an attempted armed robbery of a store in Dedham. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder indictment, to be followed by a term of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty years’ imprisonment on the assault indictment. The two lesser indictments were filed. In this appeal subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, the defendant alleges that the trial judge committed…