Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McLeod
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 1985PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
In the early hours of July 23,1982, an altercation took place at the King Arthur’s Motel in Chelsea between police officers from Everett and Chelsea and a group of civilians. One civilian, Vincent J. Bordonaro, died of injuries he received during that incident. At a trial of several police officers for murder in the first degree, a jury found John W. McLeod and Richard P. Aiello guilty of murder in the second degree and John T. Macauda guilty of manslaughter. The defendants were also found guilty on several other indictments, including assault and battery, assault and battery by means of…
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