Commonwealth v. Hadley

The defendant appeals from a Superior Court jury *406conviction of involuntary manslaughter by battery, G. L. c. 265, § 13.1 He contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the judge wrongly refused to suppress two separate sets of statements. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Background. The evidence permitted the jury to find the following facts. The defendant, Dennis Hadley, and Daniel Mc-Mullen occupied the same cell at the Worcester County jail and house of correction.2 On February 3, 2005, at about 2:30 a.m., two other inmates overheard banging and…