Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chasson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 18, 1981PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree of one Paul Melody and his conviction of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, on one Robert Hayward. We affirm the convictions, and, as to the murder conviction, we have performed our duty under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, and conclude that neither a new trial is warranted nor the entry of a verdict of a lesser degree of guilt.
We outline the evidence in general. The defendant stabbed Melody and Hayward in Pageant Park in Quincy on a warm night in August, 1977. There were a number of people in their twenties…
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