Commonwealth v. Therrien

These are appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions under indictments charging murder in the first degree, assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, armed robbery while masked, and theft of a motor vehicle.

There was evidence at the trial from which the jury could find that the defendant and another set out to rob someone. While driving through Framingham on the evening of June 3, 1967, they observed a woman alone in Natoli’s Farm Market. The defendant, carrying an M-l carbine and a pistol, approached the woman, Mrs. Pasqualina L. Natoli. He told her it was…