Commonwealth v. Habarek

On November 27, 1985, after a trial by jury, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and of unlawfúlly possessing a shotgun with a barrel less than eighteen inches in length. He was sentenced to two concurrent life terms at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. The defendant appeals from the convictions on the grounds that: (1) the judge abused his discretion in denying the defendant’s motions for a writ of protection and a continuance; (2) the trial judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress; (3) the trial judge erred in allowing a…