Commonwealth v. Blodgett

John J. Blodgett seeks reversal of his convictions of murder in the first degree, armed robbery, kidnapping, assault with intent to murder, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. Blodgett claims that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial judge erred in entering an order precluding him from presenting alibi witnesses during a part of the trial. We affirm Blodgett’s convictions. We decline to exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to enter a verdict of a lesser degree of guilt on the charge of murder.

We summarize the evidence. On March 22,1975, John Asinari and…