Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Therrien
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 14, 1976PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The defendant Armand R. Therrien was convicted of murder in the first degree of Army Captain John Oi and police Officer William Sheehan; of assault with intent to murder police Officer Robert O’Donnell and assault and battery upon him with a dangerous weapon; and of unlawful possession of a weapon — all the crimes having occurred during a single episode on February 11,1975. The defendant takes the present appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and urges on the court claimed errors in the judge’s instructions to the jury.
The prosecution’s version of the events, evidently credited by the jury,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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